Evidence
Photographs

Melted tiles in fusion reactor from plasma filaments hitting walls with high-energy electrons

Source: Fusion reactor operations

Significance

Shows vulnerability of fusion reactor walls to plasma disruptions

Related Claims

Definitive

Advanced fusion technology would require massive supercomputers for both development and real-time control.

Definitive

Hot fusion research discounts relativistic effects assuming plasma operates far below light speed.

Definitive

Magnetic fields can confine plasma without physical walls allowing creation of plasma smoke rings.

Definitive

Nature abhors gradients and thermal gradients cause plasma turbulence requiring complex simulations.

Definitive

Plasma turbulence simulations require 18 million CPU hours to model thermal gradients and electron conductivity.

Definitive

Spinning plasma can stabilize it and overcome turbulences through centrifugal motion.

Speculative

Cold fusion may work through resonance effects using relativistic vibration to overcome the Coulomb barrier at lower temperatures.

Speculative

Exotic vacuum objects or plasma orbs could be created using magnetic fields as the confinement mechanism.