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In reply to the discussion: New magnetic fusion technology could be ready in 5 years [View all]johnd83
(593 posts)meaning that as plasma gets farther from the center of pressure it encounters a greater force pushing it back. This is the opposite of the Tokamak where the field gets weaker farther from the center of the pressure. This means that what he called the "Beta" can be much higher meaning the effective plasma pressure is much higher compared to the magnetic field. They are also using RF to generate the temperatures so the heat does not come from the magnetic containment. Neutron radiation is difficult to know how they handle because the details are pretty sketchy. This project will probably be used in military craft before commercial power production so they are not really forthcoming on the details. Any nuclear reactor has neutron radiation so it is not an unknown.