Topics tagged skepticism

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Can Fusion Turn Mercury into Gold? General Discussion skepticism , isotope , analysis	8	81	January 6, 2026
Companies predict working fusion reactors in 2025 General Discussion general-fusion , helion , skepticism , cfs	3	17	August 9, 2025
Helion Fusion Reactor debunked? by T. Folse Nuclear Feb 25, 2024 Miscellaneous bremsstrahlung , aneutronic , skepticism , direct-conversion , frc-confinement	0	35	July 31, 2025
The Problem with Nuclear Fusion: T. Folse Nuclear Feb 12, 2024 Miscellaneous bremsstrahlung , skepticism , lawson-criterion , tritium , material-degradation	0	9	July 31, 2025
The Beginnings of HED: LLNL July 26, 2017 High Energy Density (HED) Science skepticism , simulation , laser-pioneers , radiation-hydrodynamics , fusion-nostalgia	0	8	July 31, 2025
How nuclear fusion works (1) - fusors, thermonuclear reactions, lattice fusion Improbable Matter skepticism , fusor-follies , lattice-fusion , coulomb-barrier , cold-fusion	0	2	July 31, 2025
How nuclear fusion works (2) - confinement, stars, nukes Improbable Matter material-degradation , skepticism , confinement-challenges , icf-vs-tokamak , bremsstrahlung	0	5	July 31, 2025
How nuclear fusion works (3) - magnetic confinement, tokamaks, stellarators Improbable Matter tritium , skepticism , magnetic-confinement , instabilities , lawson-criterion	0	5	July 31, 2025
How nuclear fusion (maybe) works (4) - reactor practicalities Improbable Matter material-degradation , blanket , tritium , skepticism , heat-extraction	0	4	July 31, 2025
Former fusion scientist on why we won't have fusion power by 2040 Improbable Matter tritium , lawson-criterion , skepticism , bremsstrahlung , scaling-limits	0	7	July 31, 2025
Introduction (1 of 10) Fusion Master Class tritium , lawson-criterion , skepticism , bremsstrahlung	0	5	July 30, 2025
Modeling (2 of 10) Fusion Master Class tritium , lawson-criterion , skepticism , bremsstrahlung , icf-vs-tokamak	0	4	July 30, 2025
Pinches (3 of 10) Fusion Master Class lawson-criterion , skepticism , instabilities	0	4	July 30, 2025
Mirrors (4 of 10) Fusion Master Class magnetic-confinement , skepticism , mirror-machines , magnetic-leakage , confinement-challenges	0	5	July 30, 2025
Cusps (5 of 10) Fusion Master Class lawson-criterion , skepticism , mirror-machines , magnetic-leakage , polywell	0	4	July 30, 2025
PJMIF (10 of 10) Fusion Master Class material-degradation , bremsstrahlung , tritium , skepticism , plasma-jets	0	3	July 30, 2025
Explaining the Dynomak Fusion Reactor Fusion Master Class scaling-limits , bremsstrahlung , tritium , lawson-criterion , skepticism	0	5	July 30, 2025
Fusion Update: October 2022 at APS DPP Meeting Fusion Master Class material-degradation , tritium , lawson-criterion , skepticism	0	4	July 30, 2025
Riders' 95 MIT Work Fusion Master Class bremsstrahlung , lawson-criterion , skepticism , nonthermal , aneutronic	0	8	July 30, 2025
Technology Review of an IFE Power Plant - Winter 2022 Fusion Master Class reactor-analysis , skepticism , tritium , scaling-limits , icf	0	4	July 30, 2025
Fusion Energy talk, Pittsburgh CCL 7-17-2023 Fusion Master Class lawson-criterion , skepticism , tritium , climate-change , public-misconceptions	0	4	July 31, 2025
Questions & Answers (12 of 10) Fusion Master Class lawson-criterion , skepticism , tritium , material-degradation	0	5	July 31, 2025
Bad Ideas (11 of 10) Fusion Master Class skepticism , tritium , lawson-criterion , bremsstrahlung , reactor-analysis	0	10	July 31, 2025
Plasmoids (7 of 10) Fusion Master Class skepticism , confinement-challenges , energy-retention , magnetic-instability , reactor-analysis	0	4	July 30, 2025
Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (8 of 10) Fusion Master Class icf , skepticism , lawson-criterion , electrostatic-fusion , bremsstrahlung	0	5	July 30, 2025
Fundamental Flaws in the Polywell Fusion Master Class skepticism , lawson-criterion , stability , scaling-limits	0	8	July 30, 2025
Advanced Nuclear Fusion: Deconstructing the Scientific Barriers General Discussion skepticism , lawson-criterion , thermal-stress , neutron-damage , tritium	0	5	August 1, 2025
Challenges in Nuclear Fusion Energy General Discussion skepticism , cost , waste , lawson-criterion , fuel-abundance	0	7	August 1, 2025