• Question: why does the JET machine have to be that size?

    Asked by katie96 to Robin on 15 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Robin Stafford Allen

      Robin Stafford Allen answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      JET is not big enough yet. To get a fusion reactor so that the fusion process is continuous and produces a net amount of energy for producing electricity it has to be big.

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