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by Munchausen
Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:28 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Visit to Helion Energy Lab
Replies: 87
Views: 116366

The important thing about the plasmoid is that the field lines are closed. If you start anywhere inside the plasmoid and wander along a field line, you will wind up back where you started. Plasma=gas heated until the nucleus is stripped of its electrons. There are only charged particles in it. Plas...
by Munchausen
Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:16 am
Forum: News
Topic: Visit to Helion Energy Lab
Replies: 87
Views: 116366

The PDF on helionenergy.com has been updated

http://www.helionenergy.com/Helion_Presentation-Web2.pdf I like this While the Fusion Engine aims to generate energy using fusion alone, it can simultaneously produce fuel for fission without the need for isotopic enrichment, drive hybrid reactors, allay proliferation concerns, and reduce and burn n...
by Munchausen
Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Dr Strangelove I presume ?
Replies: 11
Views: 7439

"К аду с тем"

To hell with it
by Munchausen
Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:02 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Visit to Helion Energy Lab
Replies: 87
Views: 116366

Some of the things I would eventually like to see in the FRC article: * typical parameters * past and present experimental programs * past and present reactor designs, engineering advantages * MHD stability * transport theory * empirical scaling of confinement time (tau ~ flux * B^2) * translation ...
by Munchausen
Sun Sep 20, 2009 5:42 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Visit to Helion Energy Lab
Replies: 87
Views: 116366

Wouldn't be better to do something about the wikipedia article first? It's rather scanty at present. To say the least.

And a nice google lecture wouldn't make any harm either...
by Munchausen
Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:55 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Visit to Helion Energy Lab
Replies: 87
Views: 116366

British (and Swedish) tax payers, pays for ITER. As I understand it, the swedish committment to fusion research is generally lukewarm. The fission field has been mothballed for a long time but has now regained some funding with the ultimate purpose of expanding nuclear power. If the elections next ...
by Munchausen
Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:02 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Visit to Helion Energy Lab
Replies: 87
Views: 116366

Indisputable, you say. Please, do let me know what this indisputable evidence is, I am not sure I have come across it. Clearly, EMC2 haven't either, else would not be proposing another 2 years of experimentation to refine 'nuanced' results to some form of conclusion. Dr. Bussard and Dr. Nebel both ...
by Munchausen
Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:08 am
Forum: News
Topic: Visit to Helion Energy Lab
Replies: 87
Views: 116366

The Polywell has delivered indisputable evidens that speaking to the public on google video might result in funding. :roll:
by Munchausen
Sun Aug 09, 2009 6:41 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: WB-8
Replies: 14
Views: 9692

I'm content to kick back and wait the next 18-24 months to see if polywell is going to work or not. I've done this kind of development work before and understand how long it can take and what a pain in the ass it can be to get anywhere. it always takes longer than you expect at the beginning. If it...
by Munchausen
Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:58 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: The Beginnings of a F.A.Q.
Replies: 24
Views: 15279

What are the supposed benefits of a successful Polywell fusion solution over other solutions? What sort of fusion reactions is Polywell theorized to be capable of producing? Who is working directly on Polywell? Where? Who is funding the direct research? Why don't we hear more about Polywell tests a...
by Munchausen
Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:39 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: The Beginnings of a F.A.Q.
Replies: 24
Views: 15279

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywell

A criticism caption would make it better
by Munchausen
Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:54 pm
Forum: News
Topic: A Small Tokamak
Replies: 12
Views: 7154

And as I said before a JET performance plasma is already sufficient to produce a net power producing fusion-fission hybrid.
The development of cyclotrones has made progress. Which machine makes the cheapest neutrons?
by Munchausen
Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:17 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: The consequences of quasi-neutrality in the cusps
Replies: 100
Views: 80733

Come on, get me some reasonable arguments against dr. Carlsons calculations, or go get yourselves a hair cut, a shave and an honest job