Correctly interpreting the energy balance

If an energy balance of 1:5 were to be achieved at ITER, the experiment would still have failed, because this would be unusable when converted to power plant operation.






  1:5 energy balance means 10% electricity 90% heat
(Continued from report JET and ITER This would explain why even a 1:5 energy balance of ITER would be completely unsuitable for commercial operation, because the power plant could only supply 10% electricity with insane effort, the rest would be heat. 250% more waste heat than a nuclear power plant.

  Example with 500 MW thermal output
With an energy balance of 1:5 and an optimistic assumption of 30% efficiency for converting heat into electricity.

  • 350 MW waste heat
  • 100 MW of electricity to ignite the next nuclear fusion as an internal requirement
  •  50 MW of electricity that can be supplied
The balance sheet does not even take into account the vacuum produced after each fusion cycle. Investing almost EUR 10 billion, and by the time the politicians realize how they have been ripped off by the scientists, they will have long since retired and simply made a mistake.
Politics - political targets of PEGE Politics - political targets of PEGE
Nonpolitical, pragmatic, on the other side of ideologies counts in our politic only one target: A long time lasting civilization able to develop further on a stable base.
Philosophy Philosophy
Long-term planning and stability have to be the guiding rules of politics. A philosophy based on the mathematic branch of games theory.
Living standard
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  Nuclear fusion Nuclear fusion reactor
Facts about nuclear fusion research. What is the truth about fusion? Eternally available clean energy source or the gateway to a total nuclear state?

Fuel cycle in nuclear fusion reactors
In a torus system as planned for ITER, only a small amount of deuterium and tritium is fused per combustion cycle before the resulting helium leads to the process being aborted.
Cooling - the limits of nuclear fusion
Whether burning fossil fuels, splitting nuclei or fusing nuclei, every power plant requires cooling. The cooling requirement for nuclear fusion in particular is very high.
Electricity costs for the fusion reactor
Cost forecast for the production of electricity from nuclear fusion. Extrapolation of known facts to a profitability calculation for fusion power plants.
JET and ITER nuclear fusion
Key figures from the energy balance. What colorful glossy brochures to the responsible politicians conceal, but is very easy to understand.
The nuclear fusion reactor as a breeder for plutonium 239
If electricity production in a nuclear fusion reactor is already too expensive, then there will be a tremendous desire to breed plutonium 239 with it.
Nuclear fusion - entry into the total nuclear state
If the first nuclear fusion reactor goes into operation at a time of exploding oil prices and energy shortages, it will not be possible to stop plutonium breeding.


          Correctly interpreting the energy balance: If an energy balance of 1:5 were to be achieved at ITER, the experiment would still have failed, because this would be unusable when converted to power plant operation. https://politics.pege.org/2004-nuclear-fusion/energiebilanz.htm

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