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kibwen on July 28, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begin...

> Net-positive was achieved in 2013.

Do you have a source for this? I was also under the impression that fusion has never yet produced a net of energy.

wtallis on July 28, 2020 | [–]

Probably referring to this highly controversial re-definition of Q: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_energy_gain_factor#Scie...

elil17 on July 28, 2020 | [–]

If you define your efficiency metric in a clever way, anything is possible: https://io9.gizmodo.com/breakthrough-the-worlds-first-net-po...

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