Re: [Vo]:Aviation Week and the Lockheed Fusion Reactor

2014-10-17 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2834452/data-center/ lockheed-martins-cfr-a-hot-fusion-breakthrough-for-power-generation.html It seems to me that a major weakness of the new Lockheed Martin skunkworks reactor design is the

Re: [Vo]:Aviation Week and the Lockheed Fusion Reactor

2014-10-17 Thread Bob Cook
hot cat. If you listen to the PR from Lockheed-Martin they are careful not to say what the reaction is. Bob Cook - Original Message - From: Eric Walker To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 11:50 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Aviation Week and the Lockheed

RE: [Vo]:Aviation Week and the Lockheed Fusion Reactor

2014-10-17 Thread Jones Beene
Maybe Rossi cools his Inconel this way :-) United States Patent Application 20140301517 McGuire; Thomas JohnOctober 9, 2014 -- “Active Cooling of Structures Immersed in Plasma” Abstract A fusion reactor includes an enclosure having a first end,

RE: [Vo]:Aviation Week and the Lockheed Fusion Reactor

2014-10-17 Thread Jones Beene
Other patent applications which are relevant to the LM “breakthrough” are: 20140301518 McGuire, Thomas John October 9, 2014 Magnetic Field Plasma Confinement for Compact *Fusion* Power Abstract In one embodiment, a *fusion* reactor includes a plurality of internal magnetic coils

Re: [Vo]:Aviation Week and the Lockheed Fusion Reactor

2014-10-17 Thread Roarty, Francis X
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Aviation Week and the Lockheed Fusion Reactor Eric-- I, like you do not think the design as described is truly a hot fusion reactor with attendant fast neutrons. Where is the neutron shielding and what about the shielding for activated stainless

Re: [Vo]:Aviation Week and the Lockheed Fusion Reactor

2014-10-16 Thread Alan Fletcher
On Gibb's Site -- NO! Not Gibbsite !!! http://www.networkworld.com/article/2834452/data-center/lockheed-martins-cfr-a-hot-fusion-breakthrough-for-power-generation.html he notes that the disposal problem of 10's of thousands of dead reactors is non-trivial.

Re: [Vo]:Aviation Week and the Lockheed Fusion Reactor

2014-10-16 Thread Terry Blanton
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: On Gibb's Site -- NO! Not Gibbsite !!! http://www.networkworld.com/article/2834452/data-center/lockheed-martins-cfr-a-hot-fusion-breakthrough-for-power-generation.html he notes that the disposal problem of 10's of thousands

[Vo]:Aviation Week and the Lockheed Fusion Reactor

2014-10-15 Thread Ron Kita
Greeting Vortex-L, A yawn for the Aviation Week Lockheed Fusion website: http://aviationweek.com/technology/skunk-works-reveals-compact-fusion-reactor-details Ad Astra, Ron Kita, Chiralex Doylestown PA