Quarterly Activities/Project Description As of 3Q/2011, the WB-8 device has generated over 500 high power plasma shots. EMC2 is conducting tests on Wiffle-Ball plasma scaling law on plasma heating and confinement.
Hmmm.
Well it surprises me that they filed. And also that they changed the "little check mark" to "No".
They also seem to have given about $170K back to the government. The total funds received actually went down, $3,382,826 to $3,216,826.
In any event, I am happy that they filed something, I truly did not expect it.
500 high power shots, scaling being tested. Yeah! A durable machine.
Now for test runs completion and the 8.1 decision (grin with hand rubbing).
It says "testing scaling law on plasma heating and confinement." We already have the previous statement about excellent confinement. This last statement could imply they're getting a hot plasma and have to determine how the heat affects containment with scaling. Since they're running D-D fusion, that could also imply heavy neutron impingement on the magnets. I'm really trying to read through the tea leaves here, few as they are.