Chinese startup takes the lead in nuclear fusion by building a tokamak that is smaller and cheaper than conventional fusion reactors.
  • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Currently, the highest Q value obtained from a tokamak is 1.53

    I’m pretty sure this is the value of Q achieved by the National Ignition Facility, which uses inertial confinement, not a tokamak. As far as I know, the record Q for a tokamak is still only 0.67, set by the Joint European Torus back in 1997.