[dba-Tech] Fusion: One Step Closer

Aha!  It will be extremely interesting to follow this as the discoveries 
and breakthroughs keep coming.
TNF

Tina Norris Fields
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On 2/15/2014 10:04 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> However, the mag field containment scheme is for Tokamak type reactors
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak) which use MCF - magnetic confinement
> fusion - is where most of the action is (that's what they have where Noah
> works).
>
> This article is about a different approach - ICF - inertial confinement
> fusion - which has some serious drawbacks - namely how do you engineer one
> of these little 'explosions' withdraw the energy, and prepare for the next
> explosion - thousands of times per second.
>
> Noah's comment on the article: "ICF is widely considered to be a complete
> dead end - it's unfortunate that it's gaining as much traction and news as
> it is."
>
> R
>
>
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> That makes sense.  Thanks.
> TNF
>
> Tina Norris Fields
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> On 2/14/2014 3:59 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
>>    
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rocky Smolin [mailto:rockysmolin at bchacc.com]
>> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 12:58 PM
>> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
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>>
>> Noah could tell you because he's been interning at General Atomics for
>> a year now doing research on how to keep the plasma cloud stable.
>> Here's the abstract of the research he presented at the American
>> Physical Society conference in Denver last November:
>>
>> http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DPP13/Session/JP8.82
>>
>> The plasma is contained in a very powerful magnetic field.
>>
>> R
>>
>>    
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Norris Fields
>> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 8:20 AM
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>>
>> Definitely interesting.  I hope to see more breakthroughs in the future.
>> The thing that puzzles me is the question of containment.  How to
>> contain something that operates at temperatures and pressures
>> equivalent to those found in the core of the sun?  Fascinating stuff -
> thanks for sharing.
>> TNF
>>
>> Tina Norris Fields
>> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
>> 231-322-2787
>>
>> On 2/13/2014 11:11 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote:
>>> A very interesting read can be found at this link:
>>>
>>> http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/giant-leap-for-nuclear-fusion-
>>> a s-scientists-get-more-energy-out-than-fuel-put-in/
>>>
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