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Giant Laser Reactor to Be Unveiled in California
FOX NEWS ^ | 5/29/2009 | ak267

Posted on 05/29/2009 9:28:32 AM PDT by ak267

Dignitaries and top scientists were expected to gather near San Francisco Friday morning for the formal opening of a massive new facility that they hope will accomplish what was once thought inpossible: nuclear fusion, the Holy Grail of energy sources.

The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore Lab will focus 192 laser beams on a hydrogen pellet the size of a bead, heating it to incredible temperatures in an attempt to recreate the power of the sun.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: engery; fusion
If the taxpayers continue to resist, Arnold will use the laser to kill them (Terminator)
1 posted on 05/29/2009 9:28:32 AM PDT by ak267
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2 posted on 05/29/2009 9:34:06 AM PDT by bolobaby
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They’ve been wroking on this thing friggin’ forever.

Fusion is like the flying car, always 20 years away.


3 posted on 05/29/2009 9:36:04 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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I really hope the word “oops” isn’t heard. Or “Mi Hao” by someone in China looking up at a bunch of scientists through a recently burned tunnel through the planet.


4 posted on 05/29/2009 9:36:16 AM PDT by Made In The USA (BO stinks.)
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The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore Lab will focus 192 laser beams on a hydrogen pellet the size of a bead, heating it to incredible temperatures in an attempt to recreate the power of the sun.

"...in essence, a sophisticated heat beam which we called a "laser"..."

5 posted on 05/29/2009 9:37:16 AM PDT by Alex Murphy (Presbyterians often forget that John Knox had been a Sunday bowler.)
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To: bolobaby
I just want a freakin' shark with a freakin' laser beam on its forehead. Is that too much to ask?

Throw me a bone, people!

6 posted on 05/29/2009 9:38:15 AM PDT by Terabitten (Vets wrote a blank check, payable to the Constitution, for an amount up to and including their life.)
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Hey, I got one of those!

This here is my laser:

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This this here is Anabelle, my laser reactor:

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For real, she goes nuts for it. Then my wife reprimands me for taunting the cat, so technically she is also a laser reactor.

7 posted on 05/29/2009 9:38:17 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns (It may be time to dig the guns up!)
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Gee imagine that! A National Ignition Facility who would ever of thought we had one? California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Energy Secretary Steven Chu were scheduled to appear at the ceremony, which begins at 10:30 a.m. PDT.

I hope nothing goes wrong!

8 posted on 05/29/2009 9:38:58 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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Yes, agreed. I’d been hearing the promises of this tech for a long, long, long, time. C’mon Darth, lite this candle or get off the Death Star!!!!!!

IMO, the ultimate joke would be if “cold fusion” is rolled out, works, and provides a low-cost, simpler, alternative to “hot” fusion.


9 posted on 05/29/2009 9:39:05 AM PDT by ak267
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Nuclear fusion has never been achieved on Earth, ...

Bah. I wish these people would check their facts. They already said it was done with the weapons testing. The Farnsworth–Hirsch Fusor can be done in high school science labs. GE had a pavilion at the 1964-65 NY World's Fair that I remember to this day seeing the fusion reaction demonstrated in a public setting:


10 posted on 05/29/2009 9:40:43 AM PDT by chimera
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IMO, the ultimate joke would be if “cold fusion” is rolled out, works, and provides a low-cost, simpler, alternative to “hot” fusion

If that actually happened, to prevent widespread undermining of the oil and gas consortiums they'd just have claim... oh, I don't know... that it didn't work, or something... (oops...)

11 posted on 05/29/2009 9:43:18 AM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
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pew pew! pew pew!


12 posted on 05/29/2009 9:44:55 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Oh yes, I know several people who work at NIF.


13 posted on 05/29/2009 9:52:09 AM PDT by olivia3boys
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To: ak267
near San Francisco

Hopefully near enough......

14 posted on 05/29/2009 10:11:55 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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This approach to fusion is a piece of dog poo. And yes, I’m putting my money where my mouth is.

Speaking of predictions about Fusion...

Check out the contract at Intrade for Cold Fusion. I have bid 500 contracts at $5.50, so if anyone thinks I’m a fool they can make a bunch of money from me. Just buy the contracts.

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15 posted on 05/29/2009 10:17:02 AM PDT by Kevmo ( It's all over for this Country as a Constitutional Republic. ~Leo Donofrio, 12/14/08)
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They’ve been wroking on this thing friggin’ forever.

Wroke on.

Wroking havoc on Frisco.

Wroke-a-bye your baby.

16 posted on 05/29/2009 3:05:08 PM PDT by decimon
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Cool, I grok wrok.


17 posted on 05/29/2009 3:29:42 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: ak267

The purpose of the NIF is to test the condition of nuclear weapons, not energy research.


18 posted on 05/29/2009 3:32:55 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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Mean while, in Europe, the Tokamak is being built and will be the actually useful fusion reactor.


19 posted on 05/29/2009 3:39:58 PM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Crucify ! Crucify ! Crucify him!!)
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