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Comment by MobiusHorizons

4 months ago

Wouldn’t that make energy recovery from the plasma much more difficult?

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philipkglass  4 months ago

Neutrons and photons pass through magnetic fields, so they always escape the plasma and provide heat that can be turned into steam. Keeping the plasma ions better confined doesn't impair energy recovery.

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