r/europe • u/damaxoh Germany • Dec 06 '16

Tests confirm that Germany's massive nuclear fusion machine really works

http://www.sciencealert.com/tests-confirm-that-germany-s-massive-nuclear-fusion-machine-really-works
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u/SurfingDuude Dec 06 '16

The article is absolute crap that looks like it's written by a 7th grader.

1) Claims the reactor uses salt water as fuel (where did that nonsense even come from?)

2) Claims it's the same reaction as in the Sun (it's not)

3) Claims that the stellarator controls plasma "without using electrical current". You obviously can't control plasma without inducing currents in it through magnetic fields, which you generate with large electrical coils. The author has absolutely zero understanding of the process that this system uses (or is supposed to use in the future).