John, I am guessing that these guys are working hard, but achieving commercial,
nuclear fusion is not in the cards. It may never be in the cards, as an
electricity power source, except as, a means of fast interplanetary travel.
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From: John Clark <[email protected]>
To: everything-list <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed, Aug 26, 2015 10:14 am
Subject: Tri Alpha Energy
Tri Alpha Energy is about the most secretive publicity shy company around, they
have 150 employees 140 million in the bank and no website; they've been around
since 1998 but until recently all they've said it that they're trying to
develop fusion power using the Hydrogen-Boron reaction which is one of the
cleanest nuclear reaction known because it produces no neutrons and no
radioactive isotopes. Also the reaction produces fast electrically charged
particles so it can produce electricity directly, bypassing the need for steam
turbines and generators. Boron and Hydrogen are very common elements too.
Recently the company has opened up a bit and published papers showing that they
have made real progress, they've confined plasma in field-reversed
configuration (a sort of plasma smoke ring) at 10 million degrees Celsius and
held it steady for 5 milliseconds, which is over 10 times longer than anybody
has before. But there is still a long way to go.
http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2015/08/secretive-fusion-company-makes-reactor-breakthrough
http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2015/06/mystery-company-blazes-trail-fusion-energy
John K Clark
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