As soon as you generate large quantities of radioactive waste you loose. That sounds like the description of a thermonuclear bomb just leaving out the fission core and replacing it was a laser. Shear madness! One day they will discover LENR and all will be good.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Axil Axil <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Oct 21, 2013 12:33 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Fwd: [Technobabble] Comment: "Defkalion Demonstrates LENR Live, Right Now" Fusion is neutron rich and energy poor. Fission is energy richand neutron poor. This is why L.I.F.E. was invented. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion-fission_hybrid In the LIFEproject at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL, using technologydeveloped at the National Ignition Facility, the goal isto use fuel pellets of deuterium andtritiumsurrounded by a fissionable blanket to produce energy sufficiently greater thanthe input (laser)energy for electrical power generation. The principle involved is to induce inertial confinement fusion (ICF) inthe fuel pellet which acts as a highly concentrated point source of neutrons which inturn converts and fissions the outer fissionable blanket. In parallel with theICF approach, the University of Texas at Austin is developing asystem based on the tokamak fusion reactor, optimising for nuclear waste disposalversus power generation. The principles behind using either ICF or tokamakreactors as a neutron source are essentially the same (the primary differencebeing that ICF is essentially a point-source of neutrons while Tokamaks aremore diffuse toroidal sources). and so on... This technology like all fusion reactors has no hope or future because it produces neutrons; a huge political and proliferation liability. On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Mark Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote: Comment: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory this month achieved a positive net energy yield from hot fusion. See: https://lasers.llnl.gov/newsroom/project_status/index.php National Ignition Facility. They still have much work to do to make it an economic power source.
