In reply to Bob Higgins's message of Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:59:47 -0600:
Hi,
[snip]
>What I don't understand is what will
>PREVENT D-D fusion if the conditions are present for D-3He fusion. In
>fact, if they intend to breed 3He, then it seems there will be other
>reactions going on that probably wil
In the diagram in the TechCrunch article, they talk about fusing deuterium
and helium. A deuterium-deuterium fusion would produce copious neutrons
and is highly undesirable. They want charged particles to enable direct
conversion to electrical. The Wikipedia page says they have published
someth
This is my favorite fusion reactor design. But like all these fusion
reactors, this type of reactor produces a ton of neutrons and not much
energy, The original design was based on a hybrid thorium/fusion design
where all the neutrons produced by fusion would produce load of energy from
fission of
See:
http://techcrunch.com/2014/08/14/y-combinator-and-mithril-invest-in-helion-a-nuclear-fusion-startup/
Some points to mention:
- Three years for them to get things going is considered a long time
(cf. BLP).
- They do not appear to be using d+t, and instead are using just
deuterium
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