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You would still need an initial load of fissile material. All the neutron source will do is make up for some neutron economy deficiencies. This may allow a high converter to become a break even breeder. This might also allow using SNF with a high TRU, but there still needs to be a full fissile load...

Anyway, I'd never considered the idea of using a polywell simply as a neutron source leading to net power from a fission reaction. Interesting idea. I had also never before considered the idea that the polywell might present weapons proliferation issues. However it occurs to me that the bad guys co...

in late May 2012, Magdi Ragheb from the University of Illinois presented at the Thorium Energy Alliance Conference 4 . He discussed his work on using electrostatic & electrodynamic neutron generators to operate or kick start LFTR style thorium reactors. As a neutron source, the polywell can either b...

It was a pentawatt pulse that lasted 40 femtoseconds. Highest power output on record and can fire once/second. That'll leave a mark... Might also be useful for fusion development: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/07/fusion-energy-without-radioactivity.html http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/06/laser-enable...

It's a long running joke. It started when people began noticing how much trouble the LHC was having getting up to speed. People suggested that perhaps we just weren't meant to find the Higgs. "A pair of otherwise distinguished physicists have suggested that the hypothesized Higgs boson, which physi...

And honestly, I don't owe anyone the same tired explanations of how these sorts of objections fail miserably. They're just grade school errors anyone of intelligence ought to be able to see through. Not worth any more of my time. When has it ever been explained to me why there is some 'miserable fa...

There was an unsurprising surprising lack of information in that article. It will definitely be "interesting" to see what falls out of all of it, however. It seem to me the current administration is now starting to support natural gas as the next new solution to our energy problem. After the tarif ...

Things are afoot at the NRC:
http://news.yahoo.com/nuclear-regulator ... 54586.html

The DeLorean Motor Corporation world headquarters is in Humble, Texas (North Houston suburbs). I drive past it every day. They just announced production of an electric-ified DeLorean in the last couple of months. THAT would be cool to own! I only want a DeLorean if it is powered by a flux capacitor...

In case you did not catch it, "Trapping" equals "Confinement" and Wiffleball effect. To get Wiffleball, one must hit B=1. wait, Wiffleball effect was proven? when did this happen, why doesnt the whole world know and what's the remaining problems? shouldnt they have a demo now? They do have a demo a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbyr7jZOllI Sounds cool, I'm already too far away from fission energy to really do anything about it. Fission has always been easier but not as good as fusion, but what gets the job done gets the job done. I would prefer it if we can get our power from pB11 aneutronic...

Skipjack wrote:Actually, I (as do Slough, Rostoker, Art Carlson and others) that FRC- colliding beam reactors have a higher chance of success than Polywell, even.

I for one would be ecstatic if both solutions prove practical...

Rust (iron oxide) is almost non-magnetic, and in certain forms makes up a significant component of clay. If the "graphite" was from pencil "lead" as has been indicated before, the charcoal could have reduced the FeOx to Fe metal which is usually magnetic. No mystery here. Perhaps. And certainly wor...

What are you going to do when there are about five billion Rossi-bots when the E-Cat technology goes on the market? If the "E-Cat technology" were being sold, it could be independently tested by anybody who chose to buy and test one. No skepticism would be necessary. This goes to the heart of why s...

By the way, I do believe that the cynics out there are bad. They are the worst examples of humanity. People who suspend belief until provided with compelling evidence are "bad"? People who demand extraordinary proof before accepting extraordinary claims are "the worst examples of humanity"? Presuma...