Apr
30
Fusion- Where the Possible Meets Impractical
April 30, 2012 | 4 Comments
The ITER project, an acronym for International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, remains a project seeks to do the possible with impractical tools. There is no doubt that humanity can accomplish fusion in a quick and dirty way by making a bomb, or run reactions that don’t produce useful amounts of energy outputs, but unlike fission the […]
Nov
13
New Life for the Old Tokamak
November 13, 2009 | 7 Comments
From two different places the old tokamak confinement method has gotten a new lease on life. Well, its life is set by the ITER effort paid for by governments across the planet with tens of billions of dollars. It might make one cringe or celebrate, depending on one’s view towards the basic tokamak concept to […]
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