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Here's a great article showing progress improving the triple product until now. https://www.fusionenergybase.com/article/measuring-progress-in-fusion-energy-the

• nmca 6y ago
  Well now I really want to see the projected SPARC reactor on that plot. Does anyone have the necessary familiarity to add it?
  • sam 6y ago
    Author of that article and plot here. SPARC is projected to have energy gain Q >=2 and potentially up to 11[1]. ITER is projected to achieve Q of >=10[2] so I would guess that SPARC's expected triple product would be in the same ballpark as the projected ITER datapoint, perhaps slightly lower, though potentially the same. We'll see! [1] http://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377820001075 http://doi.org/10.1017/S0022377820001075 [2] https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/2845 https://www.iter.org/newsline/-/2845