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Middle Schooler Becomes Youngest Person to Achieve Nuclear Fusion
https://interestingengineering.com ^ | October 08, 2020 | By Derya Ozdemir

Posted on 10/09/2020 11:54:06 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

This boy fused two deuterium atoms together in a reactor he built in his family home!

This is what happens when kids are given the means and opportunities to follow their dreams: 12-year-old Jackson Oswalt achieved nuclear fusion using the reactor he had built in his house in Memphis, Tennessee, officially making him the world's youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion, per Guinness World Records!

Now, at 15 years old, he has become one of this year's Guinness World Records 2021 edition stars.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deuterium; engineering; fusion; uhno
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To: Deo et patriae

Wasn’t there a story a year or two ago about federal investigators visiting someone’s house over this sort of thing?


21 posted on 10/09/2020 12:15:06 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019)l)
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To: Deo et patriae

You are right on the money.. pun intended! The first thing I noticed was the equipment. Several thousand dollars.


22 posted on 10/09/2020 12:18:59 PM PDT by Kratos
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To: TexasGator

Well, is his house still standing?..................


23 posted on 10/09/2020 12:20:03 PM PDT by Red Badger (Sine Q-Anon.....................very............)
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To: Kratos

Still cooler than a tricked out Honda Accord.


24 posted on 10/09/2020 12:38:18 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Yes in August 2011. Guy in Sweden trying to split atoms in his sink.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/man-arrested-after-trying-to-split-atoms-in-his-kitchen-2331180.html


25 posted on 10/09/2020 12:39:35 PM PDT by alabama_heart ( th)
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To: RomanSoldier19
Here's an interesting story from about 50 years ago about a another kid who tried to do it on his own.

Jimmy Akins Mysterious World Podcast Episode #92: The Radioactive Boy Scout

26 posted on 10/09/2020 12:43:22 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: fidelis
"Here's an interesting story from about 50 years ago about a another kid who tried to do this on his own."

Sorry, I was wrong about the date; it happened 1994. The kid's name was David Hahn and he lived near Detroit.

27 posted on 10/09/2020 12:46:49 PM PDT by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Did he try buying yellowcake from Africa using his mother’s credit card, like Sheldon did?

Mark


28 posted on 10/09/2020 12:47:21 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: RomanSoldier19
Just hope he doesn't have a sister named "Dee Dee"


29 posted on 10/09/2020 12:49:35 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: gundog

30 posted on 10/09/2020 12:53:02 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: fidelis
Sorry, I was wrong about the date; it happened 1994. The kid's name was David Hahn and he lived near Detroit.

You would think he would have died from radioactive poisoning. Nope.

"Hahn died on September 27, 2016. He was 39 years old. Hahn died in his hometown of Shelby Charter Township, Michigan. His death was accidental and due to intoxication from the combined effects of alcohol, diphenhydramine, and fentanyl."

31 posted on 10/09/2020 1:22:30 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: RomanSoldier19

Another example of racism and white supremacy.


32 posted on 10/09/2020 2:00:24 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Het Doc, where is our “Mr Fusion” and a flying car? (Not enough DeLoreans, I fly generic!)


33 posted on 10/09/2020 2:10:40 PM PDT by SES1066 (2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
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To: RomanSoldier19
It's not that hard to build a Farnsworth fusor. And I think there was another, younger kid, that did it, IIRC.

And BTW, these reactors require MORE energy input, in electrical power, than the energy they release as neutrons. NOT an energy source. Sorry, Mr. Fusion this isn't.

34 posted on 10/09/2020 3:48:45 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: TexasGator

It’s a Farnsworth fusor. Plans on the Web, dude.


35 posted on 10/09/2020 3:49:34 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: Fiddlstix

It is possible to do it on the cheap. I used to work for a guy who built one.


36 posted on 10/09/2020 3:50:05 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Jigawatts? Sounds pretty raciss.


37 posted on 10/09/2020 3:50:52 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: MarkL

This is FUSION, not FISSION. Science isn’t even taught anymore in the public screwels.


38 posted on 10/09/2020 3:51:01 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: Red Badger

It’s not even really dangerous. You turn on a switch, and you get somewhat-fast neutrons. These reactors are used commercially.


39 posted on 10/09/2020 3:51:48 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (But what do I know? I'm just a backwoods engineer.)
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To: Fiddlstix

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/how-to-build-a-usd1000-fusion-reactor-in-your-basement

The real challenge is getting more energy out than you put in to get it.


40 posted on 10/09/2020 4:01:17 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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