# \#plasma-physics **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/plasma-physics/1874.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [PLASMAK: A Fusion Energy Horror Story](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/plasmak-a-fusion-energy-horror-story/2483)
**Author:** [@jabowery](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/jabowery)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [6 January 2026 17:11 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/plasmak-a-fusion-energy-horror-story/2483 "2026-01-06T17:11:04Z")
Before I tell you this fusion energy horror story, let me critique a couple of critiques regarding “fringe” energy technology: Pascal’s Scams Nick Szabo’s term “Pascal’s Scams” is a valid critique, in general, of what … --- ## [An Electrified Universe](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/an-electrified-universe/5722)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [31 December 2024 15:47 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/an-electrified-universe/5722 "2024-12-31T15:47:01Z")
“The Big Bang Never Happened”, by Eric J. Lerner, ISBN 978-0-679-74049-0, 466 pages (1992). With a title & publication date like that, I supposed this would be a book which had attracted the attention of our late host. … --- ## [Fusion Friday (8): The ITER Cooling Water System](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-8-the-iter-cooling-water-system/1398)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [20 May 2022 12:12 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-8-the-iter-cooling-water-system/1398 "2022-05-20T12:12:34Z")
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is going to generate a lot of heat, not just from the fusion reaction, if ultimately successful, but from the equipment that generates, confines, … --- ## [Fusion Friday (7): The ITER Research Plan—Road to Q=10](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-7-the-iter-research-plan-road-to-q-10/1358)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 May 2022 13:03 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-7-the-iter-research-plan-road-to-q-10/1358 "2022-05-13T13:03:17Z")
The ultimate goal of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is to demonstrate steady-state net power generation from a self-sustaining nuclear burn in a magnetically confined plasma of … --- ## [Fusion Friday (6): ITER Tokamak Plasma Physics](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-6-iter-tokamak-plasma-physics/1317)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 May 2022 11:50 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/fusion-friday-6-iter-tokamak-plasma-physics/1317 "2022-05-06T11:50:48Z")
The colossal assemblies of magnets, vacuum vessel, cryogenics, blanket, and other components of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, not to mention its vast array of power supplies, vacuum …