It seems a bit ahead of available technology in that no one has been able to get net energy from any man made fusion reactor. Still who knows.
Looking at wikipedia it seems the highest Q - ratio of energy in to out in a real tokamak is 0.67 and a theoretical Q of 1.25 if you'd had better fuel. Apparently you need of about 5+ for the thing to run on its own where the heat is enough to run generators to power the tokamak, so we are a way off still.
Asking perplexity.ai when it says "it's unlikely that fusion will reach engineering breakeven before the 2040s or 2050s."
It seems a bit ahead of available technology in that no one has been able to get net energy from any man made fusion reactor. Still who knows.
Looking at wikipedia it seems the highest Q - ratio of energy in to out in a real tokamak is 0.67 and a theoretical Q of 1.25 if you'd had better fuel. Apparently you need of about 5+ for the thing to run on its own where the heat is enough to run generators to power the tokamak, so we are a way off still.
Asking perplexity.ai when it says "it's unlikely that fusion will reach engineering breakeven before the 2040s or 2050s."
I like the idea of Fusion Reactors for Real.
What impact has sea state on plasma stability?
Given that large vessels can be away for month, does this mean your nominal operational time has to be same?
Sorry, your project does not sound very convincing, but what do i know. Maybe tell DOGE about it.
I wholeheartedly agree. This is an area already well-served by fission, that does not benefit at all from increased complexity.
Unless there are secret US Navy requirements that I'm unaware of, this seems like a profoundly wasteful vanity project.