Nuclear fusion energy in a decade?

[Marlin]

Nuclear fusion energy in a decade?
Lockheed Martin is betting on it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-business/wp/2014/10/15/nuclear-fusion-energy-in-a-decade-lockheed-martin-is-betting-on-it/

[HP_ten]

I think it goes without saying that we have been hearing things to this effect for the last decade, if not more...

The start up / standby power for an operating nuclear fusion plant large enough to power a city would likely require a fission nuclear plant adjacent to it. When the technology becomes commerically viable (10? 20? years) it is likely to result in additional 'traditional' plants.

[Soul Merchant]

Well this grabbed my attention today as well. I would look forward to the day it moves from science fiction to reality, yet I would bet not in the next thirty years will we see a real viable fusion reactor. We can barely get three new fission plants approved and started, first ones in what- just about 30 years (between online dates)?

Lockheed Martin seems overly optimistic, IMHO

[Rennhack]

Someone link the old posts.

[thenukeman]

Fission vs Fusion>>  Pretty much   sums it up!!!

https://www.nukeworker.com/forum/index.php/topic,21757.0.html

[Rennhack]

Fission vs Fusion>>  Pretty much   sums it up!!!

https://www.nukeworker.com/forum/index.php/topic,21757.0.html

Yeah, that's the one.

[Marlin]

Does not look the same to me this is more on a par with is this for real or another Cold Fusion. Just my opinion