Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy - BBC News

[@GeorgeCollier]

Really impressed by the camera man being able to stand there.

[@jonathanbrittain4681]

Is it possible to transcribe fusion I wonder?

[@CasualClassical]

Yoooooo I love you man. You’re an icon, please continue gracing us all with your giftedness 🥰 also this is amazing right? The progress has already exceeded expectations, we’ll most certainly have sustainable fusion energy within our lifetimes!

[@mlislife5458]

It's because LIGHT travel fast than the sound, so the camera collect all the lights and record it,

[@DadYouNeverHad]

Haha - well, he's a son as well...

[@epicn]

hi george

[@rz1sa]

*"The power of the sun in the palm of my hands"* Never thought that would become a reality

[@Specter-ek9zo]

Wym u think this universe got limits

[@professorposh4146]

you mean power greater than the sun in the palm of your hands.

[@2HavicMusic]

good ol spooderman reference right? doc oc?

[@tyo6896]

Exactly where my mind went

[@GreenScrapBot]

1:53 They even use robotic arms to work on it!

[@bolognafc09]

As a nuclear engineer and former plasma physicist: keep up the good work, this will change everything for future generations!

[@AmorDeae]

I do wish people understood this is viable *for future generations*. These reactions are still ran at a massive net loss of energy without even taking into account inefficiency of the potential heat to electricity conversion.

[@killman369547]

@@AmorDeae Because thinking about the heat to electricity conversion and it's inefficiencies now when we haven't yet been able to generate a plasma that produces more energy than it takes to keep the reaction going is like putting the cart before the horse.

[@juliaf_]

@@rodneyhogrefe6180 well yeah, if it produced more, we'd have fusion power by now

[@TheRedStateBlue]

giant war robots, incoming!

[@lukemurray4950]

China done the same thing as this and everyone called it evil. UK does it and it's considered great. People need to understand the true bias in reporting from MSM

[@kevincrites8142]

The power of the sun in the palm of my hand!

[@micchib8745]

the power of the hand in the palm of my son

[@AverageAlien]

We have fission which could do the same thing from decades already. So yeah, they don't care about clean energy after all. It's all a lie, they just want to remove our rights

[@neolord50pro77]

The vower of the hun in the qualm of your gland!

[@micchib8745]

The power of Wills hand in the face of Chris Rock.

[@ChrisP.Beacon]

The power of the sun the hot on my hand 🔥🥵

[@neonnsteel]

Unless I'm mistaken and it's a technical term, 50 kettles of energy is the most British thing one could say to explain the energy output.

[@badverb9267]

Literally scanning the comments to see if anyone else felt this way.

[@simondaniel446]

😂😂😂

[@BarackObamaJedi]

Don't misrepresent their work, it's 60 kettles

[@Retrodraugluin]

it makes as much sense as BTU to be honest...

[@peterchang7646]

what's 50 kettles in metric? :P

[@12-gaugeshotgundude24]

Just like Doc Ock once said, "The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand."

[@samuelhailemichael453]

That's what came in my mind lol

[@NAVEENCHAURASIYAA]

🧐

[@narutobroken]

The precious tritium

[@schmay3312]

Was looking for someone to mention doc ock lmao

[@NemesisElitePro]

What if... In this multiverse there's a chance that there might be a real spider man 👀

[@cueball6969]

The Fusion Reactor will be up there with agriculture, the Internet, combustion engines and the wheel as one of the most important inventions of all time

[@xythiera7255]

meany we can get close in 300ys

[@huda2379]

I would add vaccines and penicillin those things single handily lengthened the life span of humans.

[@evs251]

@@huda2379And minecraft

[@Perrirodan1]

Fusion could solve almost all our problems on earth (except politics) and it is our key to the stars

[@jimj2683]

Reversal of biological aging and AGI will be a level above that again.

[@magnaviator]

It's hard because in the sun it is a combination of vast pressures (due to gravity) and temperature. We cannot simulate the pressure here on earth, so we can compensate by boosting the temperature to something like 7x the temperature of the sun's core. That's why it's hard. You have to boost the temps to that and hold it, and do it efficiently enough so that the energy released by the fusion is more than what you put in to reach those conditions.

[@eznack1489]

And then add on top of that a power grid and you’ve got yourself a recipe for widespread outages if the technology is rushed

[@DaryxFox]

@@eznack1489 That’s not how power grids work…

[@Φωτό-ρ7π]

​@@DaryxFox otaku that watched rat hack scene from the core movie prolly, like dude hack the western seaboard and messed up the whole western NA

[@Φωτό-ρ7π]

Rat hack scene parody lollipop 4ch*

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Face Of New England

[@bubbercakes528]

Kudos to those young people who are striving so diligently to benefit all of us. It’s nice to hear good news for a change.

[@darkhalf9134]

You think it's going to us and not big government people to rip people off.

[@RelianceIndustriesLtd]

@@darkhalf9134 It belongs to our corporate overlords, it is our god given duty to serve their demands and wishes

[@user-ge5oe9oo2k]

prop to whoever is funding this since there's probably easier ways to make money than research that won't generate money for at least another decade.

[@mirroqt694]

@@RelianceIndustriesLtd u

[@RelianceIndustriesLtd]

@@mirroqt694 me

[@WTFoi]

Hats off to all the hard working Scientists ❤️🇱🇰

[@molamola8305]

Its stolen from China

[@ahmody7500]

@@molamola8305 not really, both stole it from the soviets who created the first tokamak.

[@douglasm9788]

@@molamola8305 China copies every other country anyway so who cares

[@WTFoi]

@@molamola8305 China steals everything from elsewhere! 😂

[@hphp7587]

I dont have a hat. 🙄

[@WatDoino]

I can’t imagine the level of precision engineering to put this thing together. Congrats to the team! Question is when can we expect Mr. Fusion?

[@uk922]

.... you have to ask Dr. E. Brown to get liable answers.....🤣

[@TheSigmaGrindSet]

Well the answer for the last 80 years is always “10-20 years away”… I think Einstein’s quote somes up the viability of Nuclear Fusion as viable power source: “Doing the same thing over and over again is the sign of insanity”….

[@PropaneWP]

@@TheSigmaGrindSet Einstein never actually said that. And for good reason; repetition is how humans learn.

[@Demidar665]

@@PropaneWP yes

[@TheSigmaGrindSet]

@@PropaneWP ok clever clogs the actual quote is: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” - Albert Einstein Repetition is not how humans learn something new, that’s called practice… The “Scientific Method” is now we learn something new… “Google it” my learned friend and become a critical thinker… Nuclear Fusion as a viable power source will never happen (it’s pure science fiction); what new major breakthroughs have happened in the last 80 years…. None, thats why it’s insanity…. It’s one of the biggest scientific scams of all time, the billions of dollars spent in this scientific folly could of been invested into R&D of real world practical solutions like: Carbon Capture of Fossil Fuels; Increased efficiency of Renewables & Safer Nuclear Fission (Reactors, Processing & long term storage)…. This is coming from a scientist with a Ph.D…

[@queueeeee9000]

The weird audio "scratches" between transitions are really annoying

[@tuanseattle]

For these physicists that was the best 5 seconds of their lives so far.

[@thalassaer4137]

@@TML0677 of course they get more money as they work on development of technology unlike you.planarian

[@manashejmadi]

@@TML0677 insanely hard but not impossible

[@brandonclark4213]

@@TML0677 that’s true for now, but they haven’t incorporated the latest generation of superconducting materials yet, which will cut the electrical energy cost tremendously

[@b-dtchik5022]

@@TML0677 Seems normal to me. They work on a miraculous energy source and I play Mario Kart when bored.

[@michaelbrown1627]

Funny enough that’s what my girlfriend said

[@istra2496]

what a good time to be 15 years old. to see 50+ years of scientific development when I grow old is such a huge motivation for me to not die, i wanna see more stuff like this change the world

[@NeroLeMorte]

Enjoy your the rest of your life

[@commandzomb430]

IKR? So much intricate technologies waiting to be uncovered.

[@BlancoMD]

I don’t, I like what nature gave us. The balance gave us the power to “create” this incredible technologies. Atomic bombs are created to be used.

[@r_ramendump9681]

Enjoy the rest of your teen years and spend them wisely too! It may be difficult and hard, but trust me these years are great. Im 18 now and only realising now, and regret choosing to laze about every day instead of actually spending time with people.

[@thatguyalex2835]

Be careful about that. Technological stagnation has been happening since the 2010s. For instance, the iPhone 13 has the same connector as the iPhone 5 (2012). I still recommend that you live though. Photonic computing is just around the corner (Lightmatter company) ツ 1970s: First card payment at a store 2021: Most people still use cards, instead of Apple or Google Pay 2012: First Lightning iPhone 2021: iPhone 13 uses lightning port 2017: First Hybrid game console (Switch) 2021: Nintendo Switch OLED has same hardware as 2017 model. 1990s: First car with touchscreen display and backup camera 2021: Some car models lack a touchscreen display and backup camera 1996: First mainstream electric car (GM) 2017: Tesla markets the Model 3 1903: First manned aircraft flight 1949: First supersonic flight 1969: Humans land on the moon 2021: No humans on Mars yet? 1980s: First robots in automobile factories 2021: US uses Chinese labor in sweatshops for clothing.

[@arielgarcia8570]

Scientist don't get enough appreciation for the work that they are doing thank you

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Yep. Then lets go to science-youtubers and support them till no End.

[@Bikewithlove]

They actually do. These scientists are given dinners, gala events, research grants, rights to publishing their books, interviews like this one, etc. They’re given plenty of appreciation, which they’ve earned - unless they’re lying or misleading the public, which sometimes even the most charming and interesting scientists will do - think Theranos, for example. I’m skeptical that anyone could create a fusion reactor, so it’s unlikely this is the real thing, but I hope I’m wrong because if these truly are the brightest and they can do it, and the energy to run it doesn’t cancel it out, then fusion is the way to go.

[@mannyfestoINS]

And instead get torn apart for their recommendations on the importance and effectiveness of vaccines.. go figure.

[@Soulsphere001]

@@Bikewithlove Isn't a hydrogen fuel cell basically a mini fusion reactor of sorts? Also, our bodies use a type of fission and fusion, converting oxygen and sugar into carbon dioxide, water, and energy. We know that fusion is possible, but we're trying to figure out whether or not it's worth it. Though maybe that's what you meant.

[@naarvmaan]

Imagine if they got the funding they needed. This would be a different world. A large part of their time is spent trying to get grants for their work.

[@tokyotokyo9455]

Thank you scientists. You are doing great work! Hope my children or grandchildren will be able to benefit from this.

[@sexyyoucantsee5411]

Idiots this is not good 😂

[@Giveitaresssstt]

Scientists: “Unlimited energy!” Energy Companies: “Double the price because it’s unlimited”

[@Harrison.DuRant]

So I work for an energy company and I was wondering about this myself. Of course we'd need more than one plant just for redundancy's sake, but how many do we need? What power companies could actually build one to survive? Having unlimited/clean energy is the holy grail for moving forward, but I'm selfishly wondering what would happen to my job as well.

[@inuliger]

@@Harrison.DuRant You might be retired by the time this would even become of any concern.

[@Harrison.DuRant]

@@inuliger That's what I was thinking too. I'm thinking that even if it did happen in the next 20 years, it would still take at least 10 years at a minimum for them to build them and train the staff on how to operate them.

[@Connor_Kirkpatrick]

@@Harrison.DuRant This entire conversation really just tied into the fact that a lot of jobs are going to become obsolete in the next century. As automation advances and power becomes more accessible, entry-level jobs, and those that require simple, repetitive work, are going to plummet in demand. I think that unemployment is going to skyrocket in coming decades, but who knows?

[@Harrison.DuRant]

@@Connor_Kirkpatrick I completely agree. I mean, I work in IT, so I know I could go other places and find a job, but a LOT of guys that I service would be completely out of a job. As technology flies forward, tons of jobs will be left in the dust.

[@HScarlet]

What was surprising to me, was that they were able to build something that could withstand temperatures "10 times hotter than the heart of the sun". I honestly didn't think that was possible. And that was for 5 seconds. The idea of building a structure that could take that temperature 24/7 is amazing.

[@mattd2129]

That is the point of magnetic containment, the hot stuff is kept away from the sides of the physical container.

[@danieldewilson]

@@mattd2129 as well as the cryostat that is kept near zero Kelvin

[@user-si3gu8pm6j]

Think of the physics of keeping something that cool magnetically when it comes to other activities (terran exploration for example)

[@justindwayneplenos9537]

China did 130 seconds way better than them

[@1Animeculture]

Well we have the ultimate insulator: Vacum :)

[@Ricky911_]

I don't think people have any idea of how much electricity we can genuinely create once this project is fully maximised. The Sun releases a massive amount of energy. Theoretically, nuclear fusion could release up to 4 times the amount of energy that nuclear fission releases. It's also 100% safe. Nuclear meltdowns would be close to impossible. This means that making electricity could become 100% sustainable and much much cheaper. It also means that Porsche might actually succeed with their sustainable fuel project, as one of the main problems is the sheer amount of electricity needed to make it and the sustainability factor. Nuclear fusion is the future of electricity.

[@nuqwestr]

Next Gen Nuke does not have "melt-down" issue, walk-away safe, and available now.

[@yunghoprincelysafeh8199]

Also means mining of bitcoins wouldn't be an issues Hahahaha

[@chllauk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWevfIyJqKignKc

[@ct5625]

And then consider the possibilities of miniaturization. Technology like this becomes smaller, more controlled and more adaptable as materials science evolves. This is the kind of power which could propel us across the universe in vast ships. Previously that would have only been theoretically possible with nuclear power, which would be far less sustainable over such a distance.

[@nuqwestr]

@@yunghoprincelysafeh8199 Don't laugh, unlimited energy and Qbit blockchain will ignite a punctuation point in human evolution.

[@Doug7RM]

We should as a society praise and cover these researchers and scientists as much as we cover these useless influencers, that would inspire kids to pursue science and ultimately move us forward faster

[@DrBenMiles]

Totally agree 👍

[@alexanderalex8667]

What about christiano ronaldo

[@GokuSolosAnime]

🤓

[@billy6pack887]

​@@alexanderalex8667I was wondering the same, and Selena Gomez 😅

[@windriver2363]

"enough power for 60 kettles" Glad to know that Americans don't have a monopoly on measuring things with stupid units.

[@sebikhart]

🤣🤣

[@tf_d]

Where do you think we got it from?

[@korbit8307]

America might use the stupid units but the English INVENTED them

[@tf_d]

@@korbit8307 +1

[@ajdz1840]

How much is that in microwave ovens?

[@michaellloyd5668]

Absolutely incredible work hats off to all the hard working scientists involved this could be a game changer not only for providing cheaper energy to the masses but all so to save the environment from fossil fuels

[@sal166]

Climate activists demonize this technology, there is too much money in Carbon Tax and Big Oil to allow this to thrive. Remember the breakthroughs with the Hydrogen engine that vanished out of the public eye?

[@batman-cw2hd]

this is the work of the devil it is evil it must be banned.

[@garnhamr]

you think it will be cheaper for the masses? interesting

[@CrawfordGrimaldi]

The masses will not be having anything cheaper.

[@DragonSpawn4Twenty]

Cheaper energy yes. But as is the way, the masses will have to pay for the investment which never seems to get paid off.. 🤔

[@mr.hi_vevo414]

I love that the power is being measured in kettles

[@Sumi_S]

It’s the uk Tea is what’s important

[@U2MrPERFECT]

Standard units of measurement: Kettles Football pitches Olympic size swimming pools The size of Wales

[@JT-yl7lk]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 it’s always about the tea!!!!!!

[@Avaricumstudios]

imagine if it was american scientists

[@Baul3680]

@Brian Mwaura "5 washingmachines worth of energy"

[@deville3319]

I watched the first 10 seconds of this video like 20 times, that's unbelievable

[@kimberlythoma1726]

Tbh it got me tearing up. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

[@johnbreitmeier3268]

And unbelievable because it is a fake.

[@deville3319]

@@johnbreitmeier3268 unhinged take lol

[@johnbreitmeier3268]

@@deville3319 yes, very unhingedi of you to think you were watching a real fusion reaction. Like a camera could survive one. Lol! You watched a simulation, a cartoon.

[@campbellsjournal6537]

@@johnbreitmeier3268 huh? im confused so this hasn't happened then

[@Cormac_YT]

*"Why does it takes so long* ? Because it's really hard."

[@SetiPrime]

That's what she said

[@9k011]

thank you sherlock

[@JoshuaCheng10101]

I would bet money that she tried to explain it the first take, and they deemed it would go over the viewers' heads, so they did a retake with her saying it was really hard

[@360.Tapestry]

i guess you can sit through a 10 episode documentary for the full explanation, but that won't fit in a two-minute clip

[@sj-wn3vk]

@@JoshuaCheng10101 exactly

[@96redprelude]

The fact that people are even making fusion reactions happen at ALL Is unbelievably amazing.

[@thekak2627]

i mean they sadi that about the nuclear reacter but now people confuse it with safty hazards and pollution/unclean energy

[@A_piece_of_broccoli]

@@thekak2627 uh fission is unclean and has a lot of pollution. fusion is the clean one which is why they're focusing on it and shutting down fission plants. fission reactors, (nuclear reactors as you say,) have spent fuel rods to store, tillings from mining the uranium, and all the biproducts that can't be used due to their instability alongside the fact that nuclear fuel is the same stuff used for nuclear bombs. fusion is the clean one because it's only smashing hydrogen to form helium, where the energy comes from that process alone. fission is where they literally have to mine uranium, chemically alter it with solutions until they get yellow cake, (which has a ton of toxic waste,) and then they have to transport it which has its own dangers because of pirates. - ps, not in that order, transporting is most likely done before the refining so that all waste is created on the site of nuclear compounds, it's still extremely dirty and no "nuclear fission" reactor is clean.

[@temir.s]

@@A_piece_of_broccoli its still a lot cleaner than carbon energy

[@thekak2627]

@@A_piece_of_broccoli okay so 1 the waste from a nuclear reacter is not to much of a problem if treated and disposed of correclty, the diffrence between a nuclear reacater and bomb it that a atmoic bomb/hydrogen bomb has the uranium/plotium isotope at super crictal, reacaters have it just enough to super heat steam to turn a turbine to generate power, a fusion reacter is not a simple as taking a hydrogen to make helium, pllus most reacters today us a mix of urnaim and plotiumum, for safty they use more lead the your entire elemenary school weighed, some over 3 feet of solid reforced lead. a single house brick size of plotunim can power nyc for roughly 2 - 8 weeks give or take. your microwave (if you even have one) had a piace of plotuim in it about the size of a dollar coin (roughly) also there a diffrence from dirty and radioactive hazzard, depleated uranium can be used in uranium in fused glass (depleated uranium isnt radioactive) and also and be proccessed into americium 114, which is used in smoke detcters. also in theroy you could genertae uranium/plotuim through a quantum tunneling. i might add more but i have a feeling your brain is now a fried omlete from that info

[@Nelis1992]

You mean because of all the brainless activists? Yes thats amazing

[@corrupt1user]

This is the highest amount of fusion power ever produced, which is an achievement for JET yes, but the fusion gain factor "Q" is what's important. The Q effectively means the ratio of heat produced compared to the heat input. Anything less than 1 means you used more energy than you get out of it. We've only been able to consistently get above 1 through the use of fission bombs, which are obviously not practical for power generation. JET's Q from this experiment is only .33, JET previously set a record of .67 decades ago, and the record right now is NIF's .70.

[@poguri27]

Thank you! Came to the comments looking for this info. Unfortunately, that's what I expected.

[@sashimanu]

While immensely important, physical Q=1 break-even point is just a stepping stone in making a viable fusion power station. Q has to be well above unity (in the dozens) in order to cover the power consumed by the reactor’s and station’s ancillary equipment such as cooling/cryoplant, vacuum pumps, fuel and product handling equipment, instrumentation and safety systems, and even lighting in the guard’s booth.

[@kenjianimates]

Nobody remembers the elephant foot

[@kenjianimates]

I swear I hope they will never have a melt down

[@sebastianjost]

@@kenjianimates there is not enough material in a fusion reactor to cause very serious dangers. A failure is nowhere near as catastrophic as that of a fission reactor. They are very different technologies that just happen to make use of the same fundamental force holding particles together.

[@Neeek_]

The possibility of a resonance cascade scenario is extremely unlikely.

[@NexusProductions-rz1sv]

The only Xen we're gonna get is Xen gardens.

[@spookifyr]

"BBC doesn't need to hear all this, they're highly trained professionals. We've assured the public that _nothing_ will go wrong."

[@HeavyMetalGamingHD]

@@spookifyr Nothing will go wrong. Nuclear fusion is very safe, because it is not self sustaining like fission. turn the magnets off and the fusion will immediately stop. And that is also the problem. we still really struggle with sustaining nuclear fusion and we also struggle with extracting the created energy.

[@atlasfeynman1039]

@@HeavyMetalGamingHD how do you turn a magnet off?

[@HeavyMetalGamingHD]

@@atlasfeynman1039 did you ever hear of the concept of a electric magnet?

[@chris9095794]

the power of the sun.. in the palm of my hands

[@samsonsoturian6013]

You bozo, I WANTED TO SAY THAT! +1

[@freeassange5667]

that's why the aliens are appearing

[@awesomeavengersfaithfulcan8543]

I have the Power of a Thousand and One Suns

[@jakebhenry2228]

And it’s not even that dangerous, imagine the commercial purposes of this: destruction of coal and nuclear plants in favor of almost unlimited power.

[@moddedinkling4168]

DAMMIT, you beat me to it

[@wellbeing4914]

Physicists are such wonderful optimists, and at most times, they truly deliver as well.

[@krishyfishy1]

Lets not talk about James Webb ;)

[@mackinnon1488]

James Webb, Higgs boson, black hole imaging, gravitational wave observations, superconductors, microprocessors... And now potentially real sustainable nuclear fusion all within one Human's lifetime. ✨

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

@@krishyfishy1 JWST hasn't been calibrated yet. The image released was of a single star which they're going to use to align the mirrors. I'm sure when it's all set up it will be a lot more impressive.

[@vrclckd-zz3pv]

@@VeryIntellijent as a computer scientist I don't think that we will see artificial general intelligence any time soon. The biggest issue right now is that we don't even remotely understand how the brain works or what the driving factor was for consciousness to evolve. It's really the neuroscience holding us back from AGI but the software isn't all there either. In regular machine learning we use a very simplified model of a neuron and if we want AGI we may need to model the whole thing. I can't remember the exact number but a research paper was published last year showing that to model a neuron properly it would require the computational power needed to simulate thousands (or was it tens of thousands?) of regular ML neurons.

[@pas3607]

Get it right free power.. _Get it wrong bye bye humans_

[@markh3279]

Absolutely stunning work, I hope I can see this come to commercial use but that may not happen given my age. But for my daughters to can and I thank you and all of your hard work and dedication.

[@lucasrem1870]

If we invest, we can do this in 10 years. We understand how we can control the plasma, how to do this sun thing on a small scale the only question now.

[@ethan17748]

i hope private companies will start investing in these other than rockets

[@nuqwestr]

@@ethan17748 We need rockets, too, since the moon has material needed for this technology, and first comes commercial use of MSBRs.

[@ethan17748]

@@nuqwestr You might have misinterpreted. 'other than' implies two or more choices that are equally important. i did not used 'rather than'.

[@chllauk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWevfIyJqKignKc

[@asrolsiti]

Even its hotter than the sun, it still can't defeat the cameraman with his camera

[@grandadmiralthrawn9231]

It's amazing to think how far we've come as a species. Just think how far we could go if we put aside petty things and focus on the betterment of the species as a whole

[@fionnharman3741]

capitalists and oligarchs will always stop us from doing this

[@chellenge6447]

@@fionnharman3741 Bro communists destroy environments just as much as capitalists do

[@MrRahibzz]

@@chellenge6447 maybe but they do it with a sense of togetherness and belonging!

[@HattieMcDanielonaMoon]

@@chellenge6447 There are many more ideologies which could work better than communism or capitalism.

[@minimcgregorminipekka7386]

That’s impossible to set aside our differences

[@uncleartax]

I would never ask a nuclear physicist “why is it so hard” like i would even be able to understand the complexity of such a question

[@Saldivinorum]

Apparently neither would the interviewer because he didn't ask that question.

[@WatDoino]

He said ‘Why is it taking so long?’.

[@JerryMetal]

@@WatDoino because the scientist who is making these is only working part-time of course!

[@jeanlksbr]

Why is it so hard? Answer: That's what she said

[@Tate525]

@@WatDoino The length does not matter, pay attention to the girth.

[@johnjay6370]

I am really happy they are making progress... This energy source has been 20 years away for the last 40 years..

[@runeodin7237]

Now it might only be 10 years away - for the next 40 years.

[@dojokonojo]

"50 years away foe the past 50 years." I've been seeing a lot more "breakthroughs" lately so maybe its actually within 50 years away and not "50 years away" every new year.

[@chllauk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWevfIyJqKignKc

[@ct5625]

It hasn't though, that's just how people perceive it. I remember discussions about this in the 90s and they were saying it wouldn't happen until money was invested. Over the last 10-15 years that money has been invested, and private entities have been driving this science forward. Over the last 5 years we've been seeing progress seemingly every 6 months. To me that all seems like quite reasonable advancement over such a time. I think people just need to pay less attention to attention-grabbing clickbait blogs and more attention to the actual scientific progress being made.

[@ebro8655]

No money for big energy companies

[@martinnguyen8178]

The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand

[@Classicalmusicscores1984]

Not really accurate

[@Mr.Mercury_]

@@Classicalmusicscores1984 it’s a dialogue from spider man😑😑😑

[@Evil-La-Poopa]

how can it be 10x hotter then the core of the sun but its not hot enough to melt the metal and the camera? Thats absolute nonsense. Research how big the sun is... and what kind of forces are inside of it.

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

Agreed: hardworking scientists, computer programmers, engineers, machinists! Nobody stole anything from anyone. THIS is what real science is: published for the world to analyze.

[@BobGolob]

well, this experiment didn't improved during the last 20 years. Billions spent... well some people have been robbed.

[@aaaaaa-hh8cq]

You are talking like they gonna let the world use it... For example us iranians made nuclear reactors , and you Europeans and Americans put sanctions on us. You're just disgusting and you're making science disgusting too

[@BobGolob]

@@aaaaaa-hh8cq Iranians are not developping nuclear energy, they are developping nuclear weapons.

[@driedink]

@@aaaaaa-hh8cq what Bob said

[@RP-vi8fx]

@@BobGolob unlike the united states and their non-exisent nuclear weapons right?

[@ct5625]

This piece remarkably leaves out one of the most important pieces of information. As I understand it, the plasma was only sustained for 5 seconds because of the physical limitations of this reactor, not because it collapsed or failed in some regard. They can't physically keep going by choice because it would seriously damage the reactor. The ITER reactor (much larger and currently being built in France) has already been designed with this in mind. So, if everything is correct, there is a good chance that when ITER starts up in 2025 it will prove functional within the first few months of testing.

[@chllauk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWevfIyJqKignKc

[@aberum1798]

China has held the fusion point for over a thousand seconds.

[@ct5625]

@@aberum1798 China's EAST is also a part of ITER, so that's great news.

[@codprawn]

@@aberum1798 No it hasn't. It held a very hot temperature for quite some time not fusion itself.

[@kamalpada1270]

@@codprawn exactly, would have been great news already if they did fusion for that long.

[@marcv2648]

I lived in Oxford 15 years ago. My upstairs neighbor was a nuclear physicist working on fusion. He had recently decided to focus his career on management instead of research. He told me that fusion power would not happen in his career. He said, possibly in 50 years, but that was still very optimistic.

[@calanjameshunt]

the joke fusion is always 10 years away...

[@Metronomical3]

Humans have always been terrible at predicting the pace of progress. In the late 1800’s newspapers were proclaiming that humans wouldn’t take flight for centuries and decades later the Wright Brothers were gliding in the breeze. Half a century later and we put a man on the moon. In the 80’s we predicted flying cars to which 40 years later it’s hardly a thought on our minds. I don’t think even the experts in the field could know when this phenomenal technology could exist or if it ever will. Science is always changing and with every breakthrough it’s challenging to predict the next. A new breakthrough might come in the next 10 years and solve the energy crisis with fusion reactors. We could possibly have to wait a lifetime for fusion to be viable. Hell we might find an alternative to fusion and THAT will fix everything. The future is uncertain, so just enjoy the advancements we are making today that could lead us into tomorrow

[@alexvb436]

@@Metronomical3 What i love about your comment is that, hey, maybe it wont be fusion, maybe it can take 10 years or maybe a lifetime. But within your comment, it happens eventually, and that to me is enough to have a hopeful future.

[@EB_musik]

Ok? Fusion energy still isn’t even close to being implemented.

[@williams2187]

@@Metronomical3 flying cars is dependent upon people. How do you create “skyways”, account for the possible failure of the flying vehicle (falling onto the ground below, what damage could that have) etc. not to say it’s impossible, it’s just incredibly challenging for more reasons than just the technology Also this is just a side note to one of your thoughts, overall I’d definitely agree though!!

[@deniskalugin7984]

It finally happened!!! Cannot believe they did it! Congratulations! New hope for the whole humanity!

[@Michael-mh2tw]

Wrong video, this was nearly a year ago. This isn't even the method they used in the recent ignition experiment.

[@AverageAlien]

Fission existed for decades now. That was the new hope for humanity

[@PaulTheadra]

I see the great progress they're making toward the next generation of Nvidia GPUs

[@clandeszipp4564]

Don't get your hopes high, Mr. Gamer! Crypto miner moonbois are coming for this, too!

[@MrEdnooki]

@@clandeszipp4564 Let them at least then their minting process will be carbon free and not killing the planet

[@Archonsx]

@@clandeszipp4564 what are you talking about child? bitcoin is being mined on asic miners, NOT GRAPHIC CARDS, and ethereums days for mining are over.

[@redragon9588]

@@Archonsx Asic miners are shit compared to graphics cards, only a few algorithms supported and they last few years until they stop making any profit, and then throw them out, because after that they are worthless.

[@Special_Agent_NSB]

Don't tell anyone but they're using the fusion reactor to mine crypto.

[@jakebhenry2228]

The power of nuclear fusion. That is what powers the stars of our sky and soon enough we may have that power in Marseille, and then the world. A spectical of human ingenuity!

[@leddeniferjadaniston5637]

if we don't destroy ourselves with wars and nuclear warfare first,that is

[@molamola8305]

Didn't china made their artificial sun TOKOMAK few days back using same principle?

[@magnus7857]

Marseillaise is a revolution song and the french national anthem. Could it be that you mean Marseille?

[@Isclachau]

Guess which mugs will be paying for all this crap……

[@jakebhenry2228]

@@magnus7857 yeah, that would be right; I wrote the name and I was pondering on how it didn’t look right but also remembered it was a French city name so it wasn’t supposed to look right so I just went with that lol

[@satzrach67]

"creating mini stars inside like this reactor is the greatest technological challenge humanity has ever faced" - this is the stepping stone concept for our civilization to achieve the historical transition in the kardashev scale

[@only1randomhandsome]

Into full type 1 babie

[@Randomadventureswithpaul]

Well, that or someone creates a 2,200,000,000 megaton fusion bomb that tears open a black hole on the surface of the newly liquified earth.

[@bigsmall246]

@@Randomadventureswithpaul If it were that easy to create a fusion bomb or black hole bomb, we'd be seeing them all over the sky from natural cosmological events.

[@seantaggart7382]

Indeed Which *Contacting private number* Yes they are doing that but i hope we can get past this *as long as that Anomaly doesn't occur*

[@Wakish0069]

I've been ranting about this for over a decade now, just going by population and technological growth humans should hit our population cap of 11.5 billion around the year 2100 and we'll be Type 1 around the same time. I believe once boomers die out slowly over the next decade we will see the world shift towards more collaboration and mega projects that benefit the entire world

[@lion_pancakes_2369]

I know this is British, but I loved “only enough power to power 30 kettles”.

[@jerkq]

60!! DOUBLE THE KETTLES

[@JGrant60]

Amazed, first positive news the BBC has reported in 2 years

[@Ricky911_]

Lmfao true 🤣

[@griffith7615]

Sad but accurate

[@chllauk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWevfIyJqKignKc

[@ct5625]

You're confusing BBC News with Disney. BBC News isn't there to give you bedtime stories.

[@johnDukemaster]

@@ct5625 But they should give us news. Not just bad news.

[@laxxboy20]

"Only produced enough power for about 60 kettles" is the most BBC thing i've ever heard 🤣

[@barrel1414]

Its simply the british version of americas football fields or washing machine measurements

[@tgdhsuk3589]

tbh 60 kettles is 150ish kw

[@joriskemper5392]

Earl Grey, hot please.

[@Canucklug]

I love how one option is "enough power to produce electricity for 3000 homes if the reaction were maintained" and they went with 60 kettles of heat. The commitment to being British is 110%. Also a fair description since the reaction did use more power than it put out so it is technically inaccurate to say you could produce electricity with this machine

[@stockpistol]

That about 600 cups of tea😋

[@Robersora]

We’ve been a decade away from Fusion Energy for like 50 years now 😩 Still, kudos to all the great minds whose efforts bring us closer to breakthrough

[@martinXY]

No, we've been a decade away from a universal cancer cure, for about fifty years. Controllable nuclear fusion has been 20 years away. Fingers crossed 🤞

[@Robersora]

@@tonytravels2494 please go away

[@Kelpic]

@Mr. Batman Beggins no, people have been warning about it for 50 years. Big difference

[@Cursed.....]

@@Kelpic Can't change climate change. We accelerate it, yes. But its a never ending loop we can't break. We should focus on looking 200 years ahead of what the climate looks like then, and prepare in advance.

[@bliss_gore5194]

@Mr. Batman Beggins From the timescale of the Earth, that’s like 5 minutes

[@ASH9366]

Scientists Rules 💪🔥💪 Thank you 👍

[@jamespartington8726]

Exciting that fusion will be getting close to break even. Hopefully once that milestone is broken, lots more investment (private and public) will go into developing power plants.

[@antontalbot9148]

Some say it's only 30 years away!

[@jamespartington8726]

I would be optimistic to see fusion power plants in 30 years. I think people 30 years ago thought we would of had fusion power today due to the huge funding given to projects like the space program.

[@therobberpanda]

and now germany is closing power plants... sad

[@jamespartington8726]

@@therobberpanda honestly so stupid governments and green peace want to remove nuclear power.

[@nick_0]

@@jamespartington8726 Literally the dumbest thing

[@bencu6839]

“The power of the sun in the palm of my hand” - Dr Otto Octavius

[@spartanK42]

*Tries to test a fusion reactor in an NYC apartment

[@nerdomatic2489]

@@spartanK42 Rosie, our friend here thinks I'm going to blow up the city.

[@Hunting380]

"TONY STARK WAS ABLE TO BUILD THIS IN A CAVE!!!"

[@plasticpalace]

This looks like a late '90s music video.

[@ChewingGumFlavor]

Finally, humanity is close to saying "The power of the sun in the palm of my hand."

[@lukyluk2828]

I was looking for this comment lmao

[@ocvortex1424]

@@lukyluk2828 me too

[@kadashiuzubara2226]

@@lukyluk2828 same

[@98755785]

Thanks for the comment.

[@98755785]

@@KevinJDildonik Let Otto have his fun

[@mudskipper2234]

Congratulations to the whole team for making this incredible discovery! A giant leap for all mankind!

[@TheRealSamPreece]

You're living in a dream world, Neo.

[@goyonman9655]

This is indeed commendable work But there's no such thing as "mankind"

[@IndigoWhiskey]

pretty bonkers claim considering mankind would only have to exist as a word for a hypothetical for that claim to be false. which it self evidently is. all surviving hominids are genetically conpatible so there has been no speciation event to make two species so mankind as a blanket term works just fine. technically theres no such thing as race in humans but the phrasing and perception of race is very real unfortunately. man is perfectly capable of being kind it is just really bad at communicating why this is a needed lesson from a brutal tooth and claw end perspective. the short version is you dont survive long alone.

[@goyonman9655]

@@IndigoWhiskey Peter: There is no santa clause Paul : pretty bonkers claim considering santa Claus would only have to exist as a word for a hypothetical for that claim to be false You my friend are astoundingly daft

[@goyonman9655]

@@IndigoWhiskey And who said anything about race There is no such thing as race, you dimwit

[@NSDR999]

“This is machine is 150 million degrees, 10 times hotter than the sun” This guy: **stands inside it**

[@ToadstedCroaks]

"Short term radiation" Stands in it

[@n1arda374]

@Nei Gong Adept it's true haha. I was studying this today in my physics class

[@How23497]

@Nei Gong Adept you...don't believe nukes exist? Have you ever been to Hiroshima may I ask? Or Chernobyl? You anti science people get more outlandish every day

[@lurkenvoncurken518]

@Nei Gong Adept Of.....nukes? Hmm, let's ask the ashes burned into the concrete in one of the only two places where nukes were used in war if they were real. Oh wait, they were disintegrated, by a nuke that is. Tell me, with well over 100 nuclear peace treaties likely having been put in place after Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Cold War, how could one deny the existence of nuclear bombs?

[@lurkenvoncurken518]

@Nei Gong Adept Dawg he was literally disentagrated. Idk what else to say, never before have I seen or heard something so ignorant. You're telling me that some napalm bomb or fire bomb would have forced Imperial Japan to surrender in a war, an act previously unheard of from the Japanese? Doesn't that sound a little....silly?

[@troyc4841]

I fused my ass to the couch so I know it's possible.

[@Evil-La-Poopa]

how can it be 10x hotter then the core of the sun but its not hot enough to melt the metal and the camera? Thats absolute nonsense. Research how big the sun is... and what kind of forces are inside of it.

[@johnmachuzak9436]

I have worked on nuclear fusion for almost twenty years in the past at MIT, PPPL and JET, and was very passionate as those who have made the very kind comments on this post. I also participated in the DT campaigns at both the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) at PPPL and JET with the Collective Thomson Scattering diagnostic. Also congratulations to the JET Team for this accomplishment and all the hard work that went into it. However, over time, I have decided that DT fusion is not in the best interests for mankind’s future energy and environmental needs, exciting as it is and as I was. What changed my mind was a talk by the ITER engineering team at JET in the late 1990s. They described the plans for the enormous lithium blanket modules that would encompass the ITER vacuum vessel and breed tritium from the energetic neutron fusion products of the DT reaction. It occurred to me that there would be many tons of radioactive waste that would be produced in these lithium blanket modules that would have to be buried along with the vacuum vessel when ITER is retired, due to the energetic neutron radiation activating the structural material. Unfortunately, DT fusion is not as environmentally friendly as I had hoped it would be. It is a good project to train future scientists and engineers, but my hope is that a cleaner aneutronic nuclear fusion fuel would be the mainstream fusion effort in the future. The best fusion fuel that does not have energetic neutrons as a fusion product is proton boron^11, which has three energetic helium^4 particles as fusion products and which may be directly converted into electricity. It is much more difficult to fuse, and probably would need a different type of plasma physics regime to operate with only ions. Bremsstrahlung radiation from the relativistic electrons in a quasi-neutral plasma, such as in a DT fusion plasma, would take away too much input energy in a quasi-neutral proton-boron^11 plasma to achieve net electrical energy out than is needed to run a proton boron^11 fusion reactor with a quasi-neutral plasma. However, if inspired scientists and engineers would take on this nuclear fuel challenge, then we would have a much more environmentally friendly energy future for terrestrial fusion energy. DT fusion might be better suited for extraterrestrial space power applications, where the environment is already very radioactive with cosmic radiation. However, the DT reactors are projecting to be quite large like ITER, which may prove to be impractical for space power applications. I highly recommend that highly motivated scientists and engineers consider developing solutions for proton boron^11 nuclear fusion as an alternative to DT fusion. Thank you.

[@IguanaJoose]

Thanks John. Way over my head but a good read none the less.

[@JavveRinne]

This guy living in 2050

[@Youser57]

Indeed

[@Chron0ClocK]

Nah.

[@darylingoteborg3178]

Stepping stones towards where we should be I guess. Perhaps there’ll be breakthrough development in radiation shielding long before a refit is required

[@russellstephan6844]

I wrote a high school paper on fusion energy back in 1979. The speed of light is fixed for all observers. And too with practical fusion, it's a constant 30 years out...

[@laurentiusmichaelgeorge1118]

Brother, 1979 is about 40 years ago.

[@russellstephan6844]

@@laurentiusmichaelgeorge1118 Geez, I even provided the monster clue referencing the speed of light. In 1979, it was thirty years out. The day after I turned in the paper, it was thirty years out. Today, it's still thirty years out. Tomorrow and next year it will still be thirty years out. Public education...

[@Nova_501]

@@russellstephan6844 I wrote my final year paper on fusion reactor materials last year. Hopefully I will not be in the comments section in 40 years time writing something similar!

[@royk7712]

@@russellstephan6844 well, there's no supercomputer simulation back then. also fusion reactor is like the end of the technology tree if it was written like a game. there's so much advance tech required before fusion can be done like high temp superconductor, super strong magnetic chamber, high computing processor, high vacuum chamber, ignition device, etc etc. atleast now days it mostly solved, but idk about commercialization

[@russellstephan6844]

@@Nova_501 I hope so too. But, I can also look back on decades of fanciful futuristic predictions and giggle since 90% of them are nothing but pie-in-the-sky daydreaming... It was a well accepted fact back in the day that we were all going to be in flying cars by y2k.

[@OnlyGrafting]

The feats of science and the machines it produces are truly beauties.

[@masternobody1896]

lmao nice

[@theduplicator3270]

"Science"

[@aaaaaa-hh8cq]

They are talking like they gonna let the world use it... For example us iranians made nuclear reactors , and you Europeans and Americans put sanctions on us. You're just disgusting and you're making science disgusting too

[@die4race]

I contemplate suicide multiple times a week , the only thing that's keeping me alive is the eager to see what the future will be like , I hope humanity will seek peace and science to further our species into the next type of civilization

[@rollo890]

Mini sun...just like Doc Ock always wanted Jokes aside, this is good news. I really do hope I'll get to see it be humanity's main power source in my lifetime

[@masteroogvvay]

There's no chance it will become humanity's main power source in our lifetime, however a more reasonable wish is to see some iteration of an industrial fusion plant actually providing sustainable power

[@maple22moose44]

@@masteroogvvay i one hundred percent agree with you, but hopefully we only need to use nuclear fire as long as it takes to get the infrastructure set up for renewables, so as to reduce the amount of waste we have to deal with

[@Wheelassassin]

I don’t think we give enough credit to the scientists we have here on home soil. These are the things that make me proud to be British not political stuff.

[@lucasrem1870]

They needed Bombs, that's why they have Royal Empire Nuclear plants. If you need energy, you don't build that. Why you need credits, what did you do?

[@minitatolo6648]

While the chief scientist has a Greek name :D, but w/e at least some countries do seriously invest into science

[@CUNDUNDO]

You should also give credit to our prime minister Boris johnson he has given millions of pounds supporting this project without him nothing of this would have been possible !

[@prasvasu4217]

Oxbridge institutions are still up there for fundamental sciences and math; The Brits have forgotten the reasons that made them the pre-eminent superpower for an era in the first place, the Americans haven't though, and the Chinese have arrived. Emphasis on strong and independent INSTITUTIONS. Coming from an Indian living in the US.

[@ct5625]

@@CUNDUNDO Johnson has been PM for less than 3 years lol

[@samarpitshrivastavaofficial]

"Why is it taking so long" Yeah, sorry we failed your expectations of creating literally a star inside a lab within few minutes.

[@Metal73Mike]

FYI Fusion power research is going on since the 1940s, so it's already taking over 80 years and there is still no sign we will get more power out of a reactor than is put in (the so-called Qtotal is less than 1).

[@ДмитрийКоробко-ж7в]

@@Metal73Mike well, ITER might be this sign, only experimental, but still

[@Metal73Mike]

@@ДмитрийКоробко-ж7в Qtotal for Iter is about 0.57 (440MW put in for the fusion reaction, about 250MW power comes out of the plant), so there is that...

[@lonewolf9578]

“The power of the sun in the palm of my hand”

[@Bigray73]

Yes

[@blacklighthologram5339]

I want kettles to become a unit of measuring fusion energy, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise.

[@paddymush1]

"Lyons a quality tea "

[@chllauk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWevfIyJqKignKc

[@heybabycometobutthead]

@J Silva Why?

[@islabonita4193]

From milliseconds to 🤯 5 seconds..truly amazing work. I too want to see it in my lifetime. 👍😊

[@BEBAY]

Lol no, from decades of fission power to a 5 second proof of technological means/ingenuity to produce energy via fusion instead of fission and damn does it look cool 😭

[@emilspasov4356]

it could actually sustain even longer but the reactor is just experimental so its too small to safely contain it. They are now working on a much bigger one for the actual thing

[@sebastianjost]

I was pretty sure a reactor in China held the plasma for about 100s like 4 years ago... What is the difference here other than it's hotter? Edit: I looked up that Chinese reactor: they recently got a 70 Million °C plasma for 17 minutes and last year had 120 Million °C for about 100s. So 5s here doesn't seem that impressive for now. I'm looking for more details though.

[@revenant6371]

@@sebastianjost because china will never use it for global benefit, think of why it is being done for each party: china to assert power, every other country not led by winnie the dictator for the good of mankind

[@leepicgaymer5464]

@@sebastianjost Wasn't it only containing heat and not the actual fusion? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@Junior-zf7yy]

What a huge breakthrough. This has massive potential to solve so many of the worlds problems. Honestly unbelievable.

[@AutoFirePad]

Breakthrough???? WTF?! What is exactly a breakthrough? It is not the first time we create fusion plasma in a tokamak. Still a negative energy balance.

[@KB-je7rf]

It will not effect mans greed. War will continue and we will all be dead.

[@guytech7310]

No breakthrough. Just a retirement party for a failed experiment. The issue has always been instablity of the magnetic confinement field. This run was only about 5 seconds before the containment field collapsed. The project is ending so they used deuterium instead of an inert gas for a going away party. Bottom line; Magnetic confinement fusion doesn't work, and never will work because the plasma is magnetic and destabilizes the confinement field.

[@derpderpy3075]

@@guytech7310 Yeah I try telling someone 200 years ago you can send a probe to land on mars

[@guytech7310]

@@derpderpy3075 Reminds me when in the 1950s' & 1960s they all predicted we be driving in flying cars. or how about those Pam Am tickets to the Moon issued in the 1960s, or Nuclear power (fission) is going to make electric "too cheap to meter". As Einstein stated: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results"

[@agerven]

Interesting but, understandibly, much essential information missing here. The device through which one of the scientists walked basically looks like a Tokamak being used since the 1960s but on a much larger scale. No surprises here. Most significant, if told correctly and interpreted correctly, is there is a small energy gain over a period of 5 seconds. This indeed is a significant improvement over the tens to hundred milliseconds achieved at the end of the 1970s. Compared with nuclear fission plants the advantages of fusion plants are so overwhelming that we really should invest in that road. But given, as said, that the tokamak route is being researched since the 1960s it will be a very long time for that route to deliver a lsignificant output fission factory.

[@samuelforsyth6374]

even with sustained fusion there is no useable energy gain as there in no power conversion system.. fusion is not practicle, fission seems archaic but there are advanced reactors being devloped these days

[@Kvltklassik]

@@samuelforsyth6374 No power conversion system?? Mate why just make comments about things you clearly don't know about.

[@samuelforsyth6374]

@@Kvltklassik enlighten me, I only know about 4~5 tokamak designs and none of them do..

[@TheSigmaGrindSet]

@@Kvltklassik No please Jason, can you expand on your statement as I would really like to know the answer! How are they planning on extracting the energy this high temperature plasma sealed inside a vacuum chamber; remember the cryogenic superconducting magnetics are designed to keep it away from, and melting through the, walls of the chamber?

[@charabotte1]

@@Kvltklassik could you answer Samuel ?

[@michaelhall7663]

5 seconds long enough for a breakthrough! Congrats to the JET Lab for bringing sci-fi tech to life! Supply will definitely one day meet demand even if fusion as a main energy source doesn't happen in our lifetimes. The Forbes article on energy for data centers illustrates that need.

[@lppoqql]

China is way ahead

[@gordonlawrence1448]

@@lppoqql Yep sure their record is 50ms.

[@mattheww797]

what was the actual breakthrough? What was their total energy gain?

[@lppoqql]

@@gordonlawrence1448 Oh you sad brain washed idiot. Read or google this: In a new world record, China's "artificial sun" project has sustained a nuclear fusion reaction for more than 17 minutes, reports Anthony Cuthbertson for the Independent. In the latest experiment, superheated plasma reached 126 million degrees Fahrenheit

[@johnarnold893]

If Fusion power becomes a reality there won't be a need for Crypto or money. Power would become free.

[@garyvee6023]

The first flight by the Wright brothers only lasted 12 seconds and that was only just over 100 years ago..., imagine the potential of this amount of power. Well done team..., well done.

[@Andytlp]

Those were 2 dudes too. This project takes thousands of top tier scientists using most advanced software and machine algorithms and material science to essentially replicate the power of the sun without the luxury of gravity. If wright brothers task is a difficulty 5 out of a 100 then this is 95 out of 100.

[@jerry3790]

We went from the Wright brother first flight to landing on the moon in 60 years. In the same time fusion has improved… but very slowly. Fusion is a very slow technology

[@jk9999999able]

@@jerry3790 to be fair flying to the moon hard but not that hard

[@jerry3790]

@@jk9999999able It was the hardest thing that our human race has accomplished. And fusion is looking to be ever harder than that

[@SamaelMoneyStein]

@@jerry3790 glad you guys are impressed with this very expensive experiment now here is your electric bill.............

[@johngeier8692]

I remember reading an article in a news magazine in 1973 which predicted that commercial fusion reactors would be in operation by 1986. The big problem is the enormous activation energy. ITER is the most expensive experiment in history.

[@ketelin4285]

Yeah , just imagine replicating ITER thousands of times and maintain it . Economy of scale and technological maturity didn't do a bit in the clasic nuclear sector so i see fusion power as a new toy for some military aplications . Even for them could be too impractical but we have to try , maybe i'm wrong .

[@ssj4megaman]

@@ketelin4285 I think this will be different once we make it. Fission has too many downsides/byproducts that you have to deal with along with all the associated danger. Fusion has fractions of those concerns, though many times more expensive. Once we we get there, you will see an absolute ton of money and resources being poured into making it more efficient, cheaper and smaller. Since we wont have all the (nuclear) byproducts and negative attitudes that fission has, the public will want it more as in the eyes of many, it is the holy grail.

[@prioris55555]

Their models of the sun are based on mainstream science models which is plain WRONG Fusion reactor projects based on such models are a boondoggle and con job. The SAFIRE Project (now called aurora) is the one to watch. It uses the electric universe model.

[@jenspettersen7837]

@@ssj4megaman The main downside of fission is that people don't understand how good it is. Nuclear waste is much more easy to handle than CO₂ from gas/coal power plants and it is one of the safest types of energy. Fusion will be great when we are able to produce more energy than it use, but we should not dismiss the benefits of fission in the hopes of once being able to produce energy from fusion.

[@benlawton5420]

@Ba Goai Get your crappy vid out of here bot.

[@Crackhouts]

She's confident she'll live 40 years.

[@danbell8025]

I can't actually believe they finally did it... you watch technology evolve from this point on, as soon as they perfect it

[@zenmaster9864]

They didn't do it, it only lasted 5 seconds and could only generate enough energy to power 30 kettles it costs more energy ingoing than it powers outgoing potential.

[@maddoxmckenna335]

@@zenmaster9864 yea for real, their was no “breakthrough” that hasn’t been seen before

[@hgbnkbggj2915]

@zen master That sounds like it was a failure, but that is far from the truth. It was never intended to produce a lot of sustained energy, but only to prove the concept. It is one incremental step, albeit a big step forward.

[@skinny6710]

@@hgbnkbggj2915 you get it. people are skipping to the big picture without considering the little things along the way. we still have a lot to go with this energy project but its still a small step forward

[@zenmaster9864]

@@hgbnkbggj2915 and as the joke goes, so it's about 30 years away

[@cozmicbot9442]

"The power of the sun in the palm of my hands" is now almost a reality

[@ricky578]

Why isn't this the top comment!

[@emmanuelmeysman820]

nice comment

[@alexsummers9140]

Up Next: Aliens finally visit saying, "We have been waiting on your to discover this."

[@AVGVA]

That thing looks like the tunnel from "The Flash"

[@tylerdurden2424]

The most English thing in this news is the fact us Brits measure electric using a measurement of kettles.

[@joecausey8508]

Yeah, I didn't even know what he was talking about when he said kettles, lol.

[@olivermoreno9433]

A scientist’s perspective here - to you all saying “wow, amazing, I hope someone else keeps making progress on this.” Great that you feel inspired, but know that you too can help! Our species’ future requires all of us to help. But what if you are not a physicist, you ask? Sustainable energy is a inter-disciplinary field. Everything from marketers, to teachers, software developers, public policy, legal, business, accounting, mechanical engineering, robotics, chemistry, physics, propulsion, and even just raising awareness in social media - there are ways for anyone to contribute. For example, a lot of people fear nuclear energy because of myths or think fusion is a pipe dream, awareness and public branding is critical to raising capital needed. I work on fabrication of sensors for fuel cycle monitoring using AI - I am a PhD student in electrical engineering. I did not expect at first to be in this field or to ever have something to contribute…

[@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep]

Ok but what was the breakthrough? Creating fusion in these reactors is nothing new it's been done for a long time now. What they held it for a little bit longer than normal?

[@Nodnarb69]

We’re not really at a point of needing this. Only reason for this amount of energy is literally to advance our civilization. I hated the end of the video where they said it’s too late to fix the climate crisis. There’s no fixing anything the climate has been changing forever, and we have never been able to predict any of it.

[@Fedico7000]

@@Nodnarb69 There is a need for clean energy production to continue using the amount of power people do now without continuing to ruin the environment with finite and harmful resources. This is for a more effective alternative to currently existing clean power generation, which also needs to be furthered before we screw our environment too much. This technology likely won't yield enough energy to be commercial in the next 30 years, it's too late to rely on this to spare the environment, but it could supplement and possibly replace things like wind turbines and similar generators eventually.

[@Nodnarb69]

@@Fedico7000 we’ll be going to solar power instead of relying on fission or fusion. Wdym spare our environment?

[@blackduk6200]

@@Nodnarb69 ...You're right about "Man-Made C(lie)mate Change".... It's actually a state funded Pagan religion of nature worship. (Wizardry)

[@yevgeniyterekhin3711]

Artsimovich, is a prominent Soviet physicist, known as "the father of the Tokamak", a special concept for a fusion reactor actually shown in the video.. Once Artsimovich was asked when the first thermonuclear reactor would start its work. He replied: "When mankind needs it, maybe a short time before that." So, it seems that mankind is ready, or badly needs it, at least.

[@Pond770]

Typical Russian response.FY and Foff

[@Pond770]

Now you know everything do you have eny more questions. Attack you know? Best defense.

[@apuji7555]

@@Pond770 ???

[@BboyRagnar0us]

How can we reach temps 10x the core of our sun and it doesnt melt any metal that was in contact with its heat like in 0:10?

[@Vertraic]

To the best of my knowledge, magnetic containment. EXTREMELY strong magnetic fields keeping any particles from actually touching the walls of the reactor, so the amount of that heat actually transferring is VERY low relatively speaking.

[@pilotmanpaul]

This is amazing. With this, so many avenues of technology that will leap humanity into a place beyond the stars can actually become true.

[@xythiera7255]

I love your exitment but i have to tell you that is not realy even close to anything meaning full . Its just media over hyping everything

[@chrisantoniou4366]

Media hype all right! Five seconds of energy output after 100 times energy input is NOT a "breakthrough".

[@juan2718]

@Science Revolution fucken magnets, how do they work?

[@MyName-cw4yr]

@Science Revolution lol, you’re not making any sense.

[@Blitzkrieg1605]

Good luck convincing billionaires to tear down all the coal power plants before we are all several meters below water.

[@yongewok]

It's so cool to actually be able to see it, and after so long in development. This is a long way better than not working at all, keep it moving.

[@1pcfred]

They've been doing stuff like this for 50 years.

[@yongewok]

@@1pcfred That's what I mean by 'so long in development'. As far as I know this is the longest sustained reaction.

[@1pcfred]

@@yongewok maybe for them. China claims to have run for 4 times as long. But time may move differently there?

[@yongewok]

@@1pcfred Are you talking about the artificial sun? Because that's not the same thing. If I'm missing something, feel free to link a video.... I'm mostly saying that it's cool the have video of this, they could have easily built it without video.

[@1pcfred]

@@yongewok I don't know if you can easily finance a major project without doing some PR.

[@DSGaming40]

"The power of the sun, in the palm of my hands." - Doc Ock

[@chllauk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWevfIyJqKignKc

[@loktom4068]

If you look at that photo carefully, it the size of a extra large beer kettle from the beer factory.

[@ilyafrey9038]

Scientist: 150 000 000 degrees, 10 times hotter than Sun, really complex BBC camera: Hold my beer

[@Evil-La-Poopa]

how can it be 10x hotter then the core of the sun but its not hot enough to melt the metal and the camera? Thats absolute nonsense. Research how big the sun is... and what kind of forces are inside of it.

[@thedarkwolf2525]

"Most nuclear reactors use fission". Do you know something that we don't?

[@joshmorcombe4907]

Well if you include non-functional reactors lol

[@ryankrumenauer2806]

Holy crap. Humanity can perform fusion reactions for power now? Why aren’t more people talking about this? This is huge!

[@wokeaf1337]

Because it does not generate energy yet, all it shows is that we are able to contain huge amount of temperature aka controlling plasma via magnetic fields.

[@deepvoid2871]

@BS-Phd for me the best living conditions are either hunter gatherer or in a spaceship. everything in between is meh

[@davidebic]

We've had tens of such experiments in the last few years. Just recently a Chinese team had achieved something very similar. The reason why not many talk about it is simply that it's not really "news" as it's been done before. But it's always great seeing more successful experiments coming from different teams. I can't wait to see a real tokamak reactor built!

[@frank1fm634]

Ryan do you know how many people I know who never heard of fusion or fission?Only a very few really know what this will do for humanity.Look at the James Webb Telescope.How many people have even heard of it let alone what it's going to do.Help unlock the mysteries of the universe.I do not know anyone who knows what fusion is or what the James Webb Telescope is.

[@klimenkor]

probably because Kardashian's butt looks sexier to most of the people than fusion reactor

[@someoneiguess7789]

Love how he can just stand in the reactor, it show how much safer things would be if anything went wrong

[@lerlo]

1:03 he was standing inside

[@Alex-wp9oo]

Yea it’s a Tokamak reactor, invented by the Russians in the 1950s. it essentially uses a powerful magnetic field to confine plasma and can be shut off almost instantly. Heat still needs to dissipate but it doesn’t generate any byproduct or waste. Fusion research for a while now has been focused on how optimize this reactor to reach the point of break even as right now you need to put in more energy than you get back. After we hit that point we can essentially generate free unlimited energy.

[@derangedcrouton1864]

@J.P Slaym0 no he means when its turned off, there isnt a block of uraniam rods that you must stay away from at all times, with fusion energy you dont use any radioactive elements, you can just use a cup of water and thatd be all you needed to power an entire town for a week

[@shigekax]

@@derangedcrouton1864 uranium rods has never stopped an englishman from standing in a nucler reactor unprotected ..

[@M0UAW_IO83]

@@Alex-wp9oo That's half true, there's no long lived waste but the reaction makes the fusion vessel itself radioactive, albeit with a short half life (but in general the shorter the half life the more intense the radioactivity) so the site and materials used to build the reactor will need to be stored safely after decommissioning for 30-100 years which is obviously far better, you really wouldn't want to spend too much time in or around a reactor that's been in service producing power commercially. In general it has potential to be much 'cleaner' and with far less long term detrimental impact on the planet but it's not quite the unicorn people have been lead to believe it is. Also, 'electricity too cheap to meter' is a phrase you might want to look up to see how 'free unlimited energy' will work out. (yes, I'm a cynic)

[@mathematician1234]

In school, 40 years ago, I was told that a "successful fusion reactor is 30 years away... ...and always will be."

[@Kvltklassik]

Sounds like something a school teacher would say.

[@_TheDudeAbides_]

"and always will be" If humans can stay alive and keep being able to do science, it is very likely to succeed. Just look at the development of current tech. In 500 years, for example, I think humanity will have it.

[@holliswilliams8426]

It will happen at some point, just depends on how many people work on it.

[@TheGreenReaper]

@@Kvltklassik Those who can't do, teach.

[@flyingrat492]

I like how there’s a fire exit in the reaction chamber like you wouldn’t immediately be vaporised if you were in there

[@bigsmall246]

OSHA regulations ftw. In all seriously though, the reactor is probably off most of the time, with technicians working on the electronics inside.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@bigsmall246 IIRC at JET, humans aren't allowed in the reactor hall _period._ There's a really complex robot that is controllable from outside the reactor hall that is used for maintenance, but I'm pretty sure the reactor hall is off limits period. There's a Tom Scott video about JET that goes into a bit more depth with how it actually works

[@Milamberinx]

@@richardmillhousenixon but the presenter was doing a piece to camera from inside at around the 1 minute mark.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

@@Milamberinx They have a second setup that is inactive specifically for training. Again, watch the Tom Scott video, it explains all this.

[@sebastianruiz4122]

Every time I hear news about fusion it just makes me excited about the future of mankind. This will open the door to many technology and infraestructure advancements.

[@AverageAlien]

It shouldn't. Fusion will never go anywhere. We have fission, which is currently the best, safest, cleanest, and most efficient power production method in the world. The only reason we abandoned fission was thanks to big oil propaganda.

[@georgeousthegorgeous]

@@AverageAlien fission can't produce enough energy and it's costly.

[@georgeousthegorgeous]

@@AverageAlien still, fission is the best way to produce electricity right now.

[@areyoujelton]

@@AverageAlien yeah and all that waste! Beautiful waste!!!!

[@AdamSmith-ej3cw]

@@areyoujelton Yes there is waste but nuclear fission is just like he said the best way and the waist is nowhere near compared to that of the waste that burning coal produces the difference here is the nuclear waste gets sealed up and buried the waste from burning coal go straight into the atmosphere where it affects all of us

[@Canada-_]

"fusion energy is always 30yrs away" heard that once and its never failed to be true

[@WasatchWind]

So said the people who said that humanity would never fly. Literally the same year as the wright brothers had their first flight, a newspaper, consulting so called "experts" said that with the combined efforts of all of humanity, it would still take us a million years to learn how to fly. Everything is the same until it changes. Then people will look back at you and wonder how on earth you ever thought otherwise.

[@sigisoltau6073]

That's because it's extremely difficult to do. For example you need to heat the hydrogen fuel to at least 10 million degrees Celsius before it even starts fusing. You also need to contain it and make sure it doesn't come into contact with the Wells. This kind of technology was difficult to build 30 years ago.

[@zyzzsdisciples6707]

It always seems impossible until it's done!

[@prioris55555]

Their models of the sun are based on mainstream science models which is plain WRONG Fusion reactor projects are a boondoggle and con job. The SAFIRE Project (now called aurora) is the one to watch. It uses the electric universe model.

[@Canada-_]

@@prioris55555 electric universe model whats next chemtrails

[@MK-of7qw]

As long as you don't turn yourself into an octopus cyborg I guess it's a good deal.

[@ThereIsNoSpoon678]

Just waiting for the big accident and a supervillain to come forth.

[@parshowjyotiphukan8445]

This technology is what will one day power our starships and open up space exploration.

[@lebaillidessavoies3889]

True. And we are already working on the energy that will replace it in the very remote future: anti matter.

[@RDFContent]

Agreed, I think we will end up blowing ourselves up before we get to that though & starting again sticks and stones..

[@chllauk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWevfIyJqKignKc

[@sighfly2928]

This is the stuff of sci-fi. The simulation is almost at an end lads.

[@richardschofield2201]

You can have all the energy in the universe but unless you have some mass to throw out one of your spaceship doors you ain't going anywhere. So you still need a lot of "fuel" with a fusion ship, it's just your exhaust can be silly fast so it's efficient with how much mass you need.

[@charion1234]

We need this working especially if we decide to go out into the solar system.

[@chllauk]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWevfIyJqKignKc

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Once we do....... *Achievement unlock* into the great beyond of space exploration.

[@josematias2010]

We can't go out... quarantine... remember?

[@Mr-Ad-196]

@@josematias2010 thanks from covid I am now jobless...........this omicron version seem to spread........you reckon we will be seeing this mess for another year?........trying to find a job.......

[@nateghast6456]

@@Mr-Ad-196 Try building a fusion reactor in your backyard and sell the energy to the power grid.

[@InfiniteLoop]

I for one welcome our fusion reactor masters.

[@soundseeker63]

Wow, now I know what the inside of a fusion reactor looks like while its actually working! Way cool! 😃

[@mikeday2129]

i know what it`s like inside your mum, im guessing you do too

[@getawayunclejohn7107]

@@mikeday2129 ☠️

[@DMHR100]

You would get vaporized

[@soundseeker63]

@@mikeday2129 Mental age of 12...?

[@ez_company9325]

its truly amazing how fusion is ALWAYS the technology that is only 20 years away.... and has been for like 70 years running now.

[@ez_company9325]

its worth researching.... but we still have no proof compact fusion is a viable energy generation method.

[@TheBooban]

@@ez_company9325 It's not worth researching. We already have a fusion reactor. Start researching Dyson Sphere instead and leapfrog this go nowhere technology.

[@essexu]

I admire the scientist's optimism on making their project work

[@stevengrantofthegiftshop1549]

The power of the sun.... in the palm of my hand

[@ChrisP.Beacon]

The power of the sun the hot on my hands 🔥🥵