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International Colloquia #26: Fusion Reactor First Wall Cooling

MIT MechE Lectures & Colloquia · lecture · Watch on YouTube

Nuclear power & fusionMechanical & precision engineeringUniversity lectures & courses

What it is

An MIT colloquium by Dennis Whyte on power exhaust and first-wall cooling in fusion reactors, including recent innovations and the SPARC and ARC designs.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended for realistic engineering detail on extracting heat from a tokamak.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “This is the best recent video I've seen, about SPARC and ARC.”

    Details on SPARC and ARC reactor design including heat extraction

    vjaswal, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “The Truth About Nuclear Fusion Q Factors”

  2. “I recommend the following lecture by Dr. Dennis Whyte from MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center.”

    Realistic engineering of heat extraction from a tokamak

    leonidasrup, 2026-04 · Recommendation · in “Fusion Power Plant Simulator”

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Topics: fusion, tokamak, sparc, heat extraction, plasma

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