The efficiency of uranium pellets is only about 4% because of the deterioration of the zirconium cladding that encloses the uranium.
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > I wrote: > > [JR comments: 1.5 megawatt-hours is 5040 MJ, which I believe is a new >> record for cold fusion. Previous records were around 50 MJ.] >> > > Correction: Roulette et al. reported 294 MJ, over 3 months, and McKubre et > al. got about 100 MJ over one month in their Arata replication. There may > be a few other biggies. > > 5,040 MJ is how much you get from burning 120 kg of gasoline, or 210 kg of > coal. According to the ANS, one uranium fuel pellet produces as much energy > as three barrels of oil. That would be 17,600 MJ. So this reactor produced > about as much energy as 29% of a fuel pellet. > > I believe the PPPL record is 6 MJ; JET is 22 MJ. So . . . suck on that, > Tokomaks! > > - Jed > >
