Ivy Matt wrote: It sounds to me like they’re hoping to get a working deuterium-deuterium reactor going first.
That makes a lot of sense, as it would be a huge milestone for anyone to get reliable over-unity fusion, regardless of the fuel. I realize that their device isn’t configured to capture the energy of a D-D reaction, but even theoretical breakeven would still be enormously impressive, and be a huge validation of their approach. To be honest, I’m not at all clear why LPP isn’t also going this route first — is it because of the practical handling issues involving the neutron radiation produced?
