In “opposition” to table top fusion… Accelerator based might have been a good option… but that approach was tabled…
;-)
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Subject: RE: Fusion breakthrough?
I remember Sandia Labs was working on inertial confinement back in the mid-1980s when I did some summer work there during college. I would be very curious to learn how the field evolved since those days.
I was always hoping for a tabletop sonoluminescence fusion solution but it was unclear how far away from fusion pressures and temperatures that system operated. The emission spectrum said temperatures were at least 200,000 K during light
flashes.
- Jeff
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Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Fusion breakthrough?
What was the energy? They reported > 1 MW, and then could not reproduce (got only 700 kW or something like that). So this is based on new tests?
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Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 9:27 AM
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Subject: Re: Fusion breakthrough?
It worked! It is a real breakthrough. We’ll see if congress will start funding the research at the level needed to bring fusion to the grid.
😉
On Dec 13, 2022, at 9:15 AM, Olson, Jeffrey R <[log in to unmask]> wrote: