Reply To: Focus fusion and transportation

[Aeronaut]

I know you’re right, Rematog. When I was confused by the National Electric Code book, my dad (a retired production engineer) told me it was confusing because it was written by fire investigators, not electricians. I’ve worked in a lot of factories as an employee and as a contractor, and have only seen a few that used their space and volume anywhere near effectively.

Consider the differences in sea-based reactors. Would you expect an attack sub’s reactor room to be identical to one of a carrier’s reactor rooms?

Nonetheless, I believe the dimensions I floated above should fly at the module level. Can they stack? What do you think minimum spacing for magnetic separation would be for slam-dunk permitting by the NRC and other agencies?

Last but not least, I have no idea what two to eight GW of transmission transformer(s) and switching looks like, but Plant 1 has a huge parking lot under six existing transmission wires. Two other parking lots can easily handle fusion power plant staffers’ parking spaces. Any ideas how many GW the existing transmission lines could handle if they were tee-spliced to act as twelve lines?

Getting even 1 GW out of this building would be 1kW/square foot (!)