Boron fusion is 1000 times more difficult to get to than deuterium fusion. The energy capture device that they want to use assumes boron fusion.
The x-ray capture device will not work in my opinion and deuterium fusion will destroy the reactor. A commercial reactor is very difficult to build. On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 4:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > An new item - > > December 13, 2013 > > Senior Fusion researchers give major endorsement to Lawrenceville Plasma > Physics Dense Plasma Focus Fusion Work and say they expect feasibility > will be shown within two years with adequate funding. > > In a major endorsement of the fusion energy research and development > program of start-up Lawrenceville Plasma Physics (LPP), a committee of > senior fusion researchers, led by a former head of the US fusion program, > has concluded that the innovative effort deserves “a much higher level of > investment … based on their considerable progress to date.” The report > concludes that “In the committee’s view [LPP’s] approach to fusion power … > is worthy of a considerable expansion of effort.” > > Lawrenceville Plasma Physics has been developing an extremely low-cost > approach to fusion power based on a device called the dense plasma focus > (DPF). In contrast to the giant tokamak machines that have been the > recipients of most fusion funding, a DPF can fit in a small room. LPP’s > final feasibility experiments and planned commercial generators will use > hydrogen-boron fuel, which produces no radioactive waste and promises > extremely economical clean energy. > > http://nextbigfuture.com/2013/12/senior-fusion-researchers-give-major.html > > Lawrenceville Plasma Physics > - Homepage: http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/ > > > > >
