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Q&A - Helion Energy, NIF, Space and more

Improbable Matter · 151.1K views · 2023-01-28 · 3:19:02

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Overview

A roughly three-hour technical livestream Q&A on Helion Energy's fusion approach and the National Ignition Facility. It covers neutron production, shielding, energy recovery, diagnostics and why tokamaks might fare better.

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HN commenters cite it as a detailed critical counterpoint to Helion's claims, for those who want more than the hype.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2023–2023

Topics

Nuclear power & fusion
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What people said

nabakin · 2023-09 · Recommendation

Additional resources for people who want to read or watch more on the subject: [VIDEO] [LINK] /u/ValAslanyan is Improbable Matter and he gets into some interesting debates about Helion [LINK] [LINK]

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fpoling · 2023-01 · Recommendation

The new video by the same guy who created the original criticism [VIDEO] starting from 2:03:00 explains that 95% recovery efficiency is not the whole story.

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jnsaff2 · 2023-05 · Reference

The Q&A mentioned is likely this [0]. Do you have any hints which section would cover the upsides? [0] [VIDEO]

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