takeshi Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 California fires up laser fusion machine from Guardian UK: "The $3.5bn National Ignition Facility (NIF) sits in a 10-storey building covering three football fields and will harness the power of lasers to turn tiny pellets of hydrogen into thermonuclear energy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegecow Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 About fucking time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 it's like someone said "guys, there's this music genre called IDM and we need to build something that physically embodies that definition" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 That's nuts. Sounds too good to be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090530/ts_al..._20090530082418 best quote: "We have invented the world's largest laser system," actor-turned-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegecow Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 That's nuts. Sounds too good to be true. what i dont get is how the world's largest laser system just sprouts out of nowhere and the only people reporting on it are yahoo and the guardian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 i read an article on wired nearly a month ago about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeshi Posted May 30, 2009 Author Share Posted May 30, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090530/ts_al..._20090530082418 best quote: "We have invented the world's largest laser system," actor-turned-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said Here's some footage of them what the factory looks like inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 i nearly attended this. i heard obama was going to be at the dedication ceremony so wanted to but then he didnt so I didnt. I did the online registration for the whole event. pretty much paid my rent this year so far. exciting news if it works, but I think the chance of it working efficiently is unlikely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 why did they build it on three football fields? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 https://news.yahoo.com/climate-hope-scientists-uk-set-120014685.html Some interesting info on the UK project and the related France-located international consortium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdamAnchorman Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Quote Deuterium is freely available in seawater Not sure how "freely available" the process is for extracting deuterium from seawater. Some googling says it's a proven process; I'm guessing it's not energy efficient but you surely get that back on the back end since you only need a tiny amount to fuse to create a huge amount of energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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