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1. HN Tooter (hntooter@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Mar-2018 05:15:39 UTC HN Tooter

   Lockheed Martin Patent for Its Fusion Reactor the Size of a Shipping Container
   http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/19652/lockheed-martin-now-has-a-patent-for-its-potentially-world-changing-fusion-reactor

   (submitted by joak)

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   • Steve Biggs (thestevebiggs@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 02-Apr-2018 08:08:48 UTC Steve Biggs

     • Tomas SA2TMS
     @tomas @hntooter Unlikely. It's a magnetic mirror which simply can't work cos the hottest particles (those needed for fusion) just leak out.
   • Steve Biggs (thestevebiggs@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 02-Apr-2018 10:30:36 UTC Steve Biggs

     • Tomas SA2TMS
     @tomas Linear devices used in plasma research. Unfavoured as fusion machines since C.1950s. Solution: closed magnetic field, e.g. tokamaks
   • Steve Biggs (thestevebiggs@quitter.se)'s status on Monday, 02-Apr-2018 13:12:58 UTC Steve Biggs

     • Tomas SA2TMS
     @tomas Not really my area but I can say they are a potential contender, albeit much further behind than tokamaks due to design complexity.