Mostly about NIF, though...
"Fusion Experiments Inch Closer To Break-Even Goal"
http://news.yahoo.com/fusion-experiment ... 59247.html
A Not Incredibly Awful Article Which Mentions EMC2 & Others
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A Not Incredibly Awful Article Which Mentions EMC2 & Others
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R. Peters
R. Peters
Re: A Not Incredibly Awful Article Which Mentions EMC2 & Oth
From the article:
What is it with these journalists? Can't they get anything right? Might as well be a department of the government (call it the Department of Truth}, then they could be shut down by cutting their budget.
Very shallow and wrong on Polywell and General Fusion. Also failed to mention that General Fusion's schedule is for proving "net" this year, unlike the article spending all of its coverage on a device that will never be practical, if for no other reason than the target is too expensive as compared to the power derived from it's laser induced implosion.Some smaller companies are also engaged in fusion power research — one called EMC2 has received funding from the U.S. Navy for its research, though it hasn't published the results in peer-reviewed journals. Others such as Tri-Alpha Energy, General Fusion and Lawrenceville Plasma Physics have also run various experiments, though no company has built anything like a working plant or achieved self-sustaining reactions. All of the companies focus on fusion reactions that don't generate neutrons.
What is it with these journalists? Can't they get anything right? Might as well be a department of the government (call it the Department of Truth}, then they could be shut down by cutting their budget.
Counting the days to commercial fusion. It is not that long now.
Re: A Not Incredibly Awful Article Which Mentions EMC2 & Oth
Self sustaining reactions? Sounds like the author is stuck on the ignition requirements for Tokamaks and laser fusion. I'm not certain about DPF, FRC, of General fusion- if ignition is a requirement, but it certainly is not required for the Polywell. I would guess that the DPF and General Fusion approach depend much on inertial confinement, but as they are pulsed machines I don't know if the brief confinement is assisted by significant ignition heating, it is in laser confinement.
Dan Tibbets
Dan Tibbets
To error is human... and I'm very human.
Re: A Not Incredibly Awful Article Which Mentions EMC2 & Oth
On the other hand, he did manage to be dimly aware that there were efforts besides the two large cash Gov't sponsored boondoggles.
Counting the days to commercial fusion. It is not that long now.
Re: A Not Incredibly Awful Article Which Mentions EMC2 & Oth
Eric Lerner of LPP posted this over at FFS:D Tibbets wrote:... I'm not certain about DPF, FRC, of General fusion- if ignition is a requirement,
edit: fixed a typo - "as" for "os"LPP too is seeking ignition. That would occur in a pB11 plasmoid if the fusion power produced exceed x-ray losses, as the plasmoid heats up from not only the beam heating but also the retained fusion energy in the trapped helium nuclei produced by fusion.
Re: A Not Incredibly Awful Article Which Mentions EMC2 & Oth
Is General Fusion still seeking to prove net gain this year? I remember them mentioning stability issues in their spheromak balls..