>From what I've read, the risks are mostly monetarily, can they make a fusion >plant cost effective. There is very little chance of a runaway reaction, >because one has to constantly put energy into the system to create fusion. >And that is the difficulty, getting more energy out then was put in. This is >true even in the sun where the energy is from the gravity of the sun itself. >So, while there is always the problem of an unknown, the likelihood of a >runaway reaction is low unless one can get a mass of hydrogen larger then at >least Jupiter since it theoretically takes that much to self sustain a >reaction.
If you think a plant can go up like a hydrogen bomb, realize that a hydrogen bomb uses a uranium bomb to temporarily create enough pressure to force the hydrogen together into fusion. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ....-----Original Message----- ....From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 10:11 AM ....To: CF-Community ....Subject: Re: France To Build World's First Nuke Fusion Plant .... ....> Kevin wrote: ....> Yes there are risks. But Princeton successfully ran a Tokamak reactor ....> for 15 years. And it was safely dismantled, which is one of the ....> concerns with lingering radioactivity. ....> .... ....I hope you're right and, from what I've read, we seem fairly certain ....of the physics involved but there's always accidents - and they ....usually result from a known risk that was deemed "acceptable". .... ....For example, the Concorde. And, as long as we're on aviation, the ....Space Shuttle. Or that MD-80 that went into the pacific - there's all ....kinds of triple redundant systems except on the mechanical thing that ....makes the plane go up and down. It failed and the plane went down. .... ....So it's not that I'm so fearful of scientific knowns, it's the bean ....counters that approve cutting corners that I'm afraid of. .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162498 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
