Answer by user253751 for How big of an explosion can you make with a fusion...
Not the reactor itself.Many people have mentioned that fusion reactions won't just happen outside of a reactor and it takes a huge amount of engineering effort to make the reaction happen at all,...
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Sabotage the charging injector. Inject the fuel for 1000+ cycles all at onceAt more than a million of degrees there is no material that can sustain that temperature, the magnetic field can contain the...
View ArticleAnswer by Jim Witte for How big of an explosion can you make with a fusion...
Reality questions: (I have no idea whether these questions even make sense)With a tokamak-style reactor, how much damage would be done to the "supporting structure" if the plasma somehow got loose? I'm...
View ArticleAnswer by Robert Rapplean for How big of an explosion can you make with a...
As much as the movies want to convince you otherwise, explosions are hard. Do you know what the difference is between a charcoal briquette and a quarter stick of dynamite? Time. They both release the...
View ArticleAnswer by Douglas for How big of an explosion can you make with a fusion...
Not big at all. Fusion reactors exploding is a popular media phenomenon that does not match the actual science.Fission reactors are known for their potential to melt down because all it takes to start...
View ArticleAnswer by JBH for How big of an explosion can you make with a fusion reactor?
Either as big as you want or no more than Chernobyl scaled for the energy outputFusion reactors don't exist.<citation needed>Several of the answers are using the present-tense to explain what...
View ArticleAnswer by Christopher James Huff for How big of an explosion can you make...
Breaching the reactor will let air in, leading to an immediate end to fusion. Some hot things may catch on fire. The reactor may occasionally make louder noises in normal operation. The reactor...
View ArticleAnswer by lupe for How big of an explosion can you make with a fusion reactor?
Short out the capacitorsThe one thing fusion reactors have in common, whether tokomak or ICF, is a massive start up power requirement.A plasma fusion reactor may just need one burst of power, but a ICF...
View ArticleAnswer by Willk for How big of an explosion can you make with a fusion reactor?
Lard up your fusion with some fission. And antimatter!Yup yup yup. Reactors give off energy little by little. When they break they stop giving off energy.But: how are you powering this fusion reaction?...
View ArticleAnswer by Gary Walker for How big of an explosion can you make with a fusion...
Not significantly more than the reactor was designed to release in normal operation.You mention ICF reactor, so I'm assuming you are referring to inertial confinement fusion reactors - an upgrade of...
View ArticleHow big of an explosion can you make with a fusion reactor?
The StoryThis is one of three questions set in the exact same place, so bear with me here. Twenty years after the fall of the State and the Overseers, about thirty since the phase-gate to Ilus was...
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