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How much energy is stored in the rotor at full speed? How big an explosion would containment loss be?

April 26, 2017big containment energy explosion loss rotor speed stored

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How much energy is stored in the rotor at full speed? How big an explosion would containment loss be?

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The rotor is designed to not be lost. The magnetic levitation is massively redundant, sections can fail completely without any problems as neighbouring levitation sections just work slightly harder to compensate.