Sandia Attains Nuclear Fusion

Albuquerque Journal | Tuesday, April 8, 2003 | John Fleck

[aristeides]

Way to end our dependence on foreign oil?

[woofie]

Its a ways of but could happen

[Texas_Jarhead]

BIG PIC Coming

[wastoute]

Not until you can invent a container that can hold 10 million degress Celsius.

[woofie]

of=off

[ladtx]

Not until you can invent a container that can hold 10 million degress Celsius.

My wife makes her chili in a pot that may hold it.

[bert]

How is the Z machine different from a Tokomak, a fusion device also torroidal in shape?

[Poohbah]

Nope.

US nuclear fusion research and development has been on a funding logic that precludes actually building a device powerful enough to have a chance of getting to breakeven, let alone ignition.

You see, Congress has demanded that we know that any proposed breakeven/ignition device will work WITH CERTAINTY before we try to build it.

The problem is that you can't know with certainty; that's why it's called "research and development."

[Poohbah]

A Tokamak confines the fusion reaction inside a toroid.

The Z Machine confines it inside a sphere, and the "toroid" is used solely to hold the power components.

[EternalHope]

BTTT

[OXENinFLA]

I seen something like this on the Discovery channel. They explained that they were going to use high power magnets to force the heat away from the sides ust enough for it to not melt through.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Not until you can invent a container that can hold 10 million degress Celsius.

A magnetic "bottle".

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Sandia Scientists Confirm; Huge Pulsed Power Machine Enters Fusion Arena!!!

Science Daily ^ | 2003-04-07 | Editorial Staff



Posted on 04/07/2003 4:26 PM PDT by vannroxhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/887545/posts

[sharktrager]

They should be careful. Look at the last star that was created in a labaratory:

[11B3]

In the case of the Z machine, the reaction chamber is about the same size as the eraser on a #2 pencil. The entire machine is 120 feet in diameter. Tiny compared to a tokamak.

[Hatteras]

Uh-oh, does this mean the Sandis have a nuclear bomb too?

[Banjoguy]

..picture is dramatic but misleading. It is the static residue being discharged from the huge oil filled capacitors that store the charge.

[Tallguy]

You see, Congress has demanded that we know that any proposed breakeven/ignition device will work WITH CERTAINTY before we try to build it.

Same logic they use with SDI: prove to me that "works" before I approve funding... More foot-dragging.