In reply to R.C.Macaulay's message of Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:48:34 -0600: Hi, [snip] >An unprecedented international collaboration of scientists and engineers has >performed needed research and development and designed a burning plasma >experiment called ITER, which in Latin means "the way." The fusion power >produced by ITER will be at least 10 times greater than the external power >delivered to heat the plasma. [snip] IOW they expect it to be a net energy producer. That means they are going to need to cool it. The only way this * isn't * going to be a commercial energy producer is if the output temperature is so low that the Carnot efficiency is less than 10%.
Of course they still have all those fast neutrons to "contend with". (T breeding). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
