On Feb 17, 2010, at 7:11 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
See:
http://aries.ucsd.edu/FPA/OFESbudget.shtml
MFE = Magnetic confinement (Tokamak)
ICF = Inertial confinement fusion
This was linked to from the plasma fusion lobby:
http://fusionpower.org
- Jed
The numbers are in 2000 dollars. Adjusted to 2010 dollars the totals
are:
MFE adjusted to 2010 dollars: 21,141 billion dollars
ICF adjusted to 2010 dollars: 14.985 billion dollars
Total 2010 budget: 36.126 billion dollars
The 2010 budget for both is $426 M + $458 M = $884 M.
Just 1% of the hot fusion budget could go a long ways toward
advancing low energy nuclear research. It would be feasible to
develop an LENR lab, and staff it for research and for providing mass
spec, radiation counting, and other services to researchers.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
