spasmann t1_j27ooee wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:03 AM Reply to Will Nuclear Fusion Dump Clean Energy? by Rough-Lavishness-401 In short, no. I’m a nuclear engineer and have worked at LLNL. The recent ignition breakthrough, while a wonderful thing, is more of a scientific breakthrough than an engineering one. We are still far away from a commercial fusion reactor. Renewables will be here awhile. Permalink 2
spasmann t1_j27ooee wrote
Reply to Will Nuclear Fusion Dump Clean Energy? by Rough-Lavishness-401
In short, no.
I’m a nuclear engineer and have worked at LLNL. The recent ignition breakthrough, while a wonderful thing, is more of a scientific breakthrough than an engineering one. We are still far away from a commercial fusion reactor.
Renewables will be here awhile.