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LinkedInYesterday I blogged about the huge fusion research reactor project being built by an international consortium in Provence in southern France. As I noted there, the project carries with it huge political and economic implications, if it should prove to be successful. Today, I want to indulge in a bit of my usual high octane speculation. But first, the story: One giant leap for mankind: £13bn Iter project makes breakthrough in the quest for nuclear fusion, a solution to climate change and an age of clean, cheap energy Now if your read that carefully, they're spending a lot of money to … [Read more...]
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU SAY “HMMM!”: FUSION, BORON, AND RICHTER AGAIN
April 12, 2011 By
Sometimes ya just gotta love it. While browsing the internet this week for interesting news, I came across this item about scientists trying to make controlled fusion work as a source of electrical energy: Overturned Scientific Explanation may be good news for nuclear fusion What I really loved about this was that the original 1936 findings of British physicists was in part re-affirmed, but that boron played a role in the contemporary scientists' thinking about nuclear fusion. Well, it played a role in the fusion thinking of none other than Dr. Ronald Richter, too. You remember him? … [Read more...]