Nuclear-fusion reactor doubles record for energy made from fusing atoms
As much as I enjoy reading this news. It is feels heavily sensationalized.<p>&quot;Smashes&quot; the energy record.<p>We&#x27;re talking about a fusion generator here, that after 25 years of work, now manages to output &#x27;double&#x27; the energy, to 59 MJ in 5s -like 20 MW- while requiring 180 MJ input power.<p>Somewhere hidden in the article is the news that this could mean a input&#x2F;output ratio of 10 in a full scale reactor, but that&#x27;s also something we&#x27;ve been waiting on for <i>decades</i>.<p>I find it easy to be enthusiastic about fusion, but the news and research surrounding it makes me sad.