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Fusion - how cool is this....

bonkey · 2003-09-17 09:40:20

No - not cold fusion... http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,510054502,00.html A high-school student builds his own fusion reactor from junk and spare parts. Way cool. jc

17-09-2003 10:40AM

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bonkey

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No - not cold fusion...

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,510054502,00.html

A high-school student builds his own fusion reactor from junk and spare parts.

Way cool.

jc

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#2 17-09-2003 09:37PM

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Wallace's detector measures 36 neutrons per minute just in background radiation from space, and the device's usual output adds only four neutrons per minute. People in airplanes absorb much more than that.

But if you did get it working it would be nasty - neutrons are not nice things ..

Hmm wonder if he uses a torus ..

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#3 18-09-2003 05:43PM

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Sure we don't need to bother with this type of thing:

Now that powerplants are running on nuts

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