the science behind fusion energy
John F. Santarius, Ph.D. Research Professor, Dept. of Engineering Physics Associate Director for Alternate Applications and Concepts, Fusion Technology Institute Univ. of Wisconsin, 1500 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA E-mail: santarius@engr.wisc.edu Ph: 608-263-1694 Fax: 608-263-4499 Web: http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/~jfs/homepage.html September 26, 2011 Mr. Tom Tamarkin 5545 El Camino Avenue Carmichael, California 95608 Ref: Response to plasma … Read more
Irvin R. Lindemuth, Ph.D., formerly Special Assistant for Russian Collaboration Office of Associate Director for Weapons Physics Los Alamos National Laboratory October 24, 2011 Mr. Tom Tamarkin 5545 El Camino Avenue Carmichael, California 95608 Ref: Response to your questions on analysis of plasma jet Magneto Inertial Fusion (PJMIF) Dear Mr. Tamarkin: I have finally found … Read more
This is the Power Point presentation given by Dr. Scott C. Hsu of the Los Alamos National Laboratories, NM at the ARPA-E Fusion Workshop in Berkeley, CA, in 2013. It explains what a Standoff Magneto-Inertial Fusion Reactor is, how it would work, what are the advantages of that design, what the design and maintenance challenges … Read more
A presentation by October 4, 2011 Outline • Discuss the fusion power flow chart to determine the fusion gain required by any given inertial fusion scheme in order to produce net power on the grid – Compare PJMIF against laser ICF • Explain the fusion burn configuration for PJMIF • Explain how this is achieved … Read more
T. D. Tamarkin USCL-EnergyCite® Additional scientific contributors, S. C. Hsu, Ph.D., T. J. Awe, Ph.D., S. Brockington, Ph.D., A. Case, Ph.D., J. T. Cassibry, Ph.D., G. Kagan, Ph.D., S. J. Messer, Ph.D., M. Stanic, X. Tang, Ph.D., D. R. Welch, Ph.D., and F. D. Witherspoon, Ph.D. Updated December 14, 2014 ® Abstract Fusion is … Read more
Back to the plan
By Barrie Lawson, UK The Holy Grail of nuclear energy, nuclear fusion is the process by which the Sun generates its prodigious energy providing us with the warmth and light we receive. It is the process by which the nuclei two light atoms combine to form a single, bigger nucleus of a new atom releasing … Read more
By Barrie Lawson, UK Solar Fusion The Sun’s immense energy is due to ongoing nuclear fusion occurring in its core where the temperature is around 15 Million degrees Celsius. It’s not a simple reaction, but a series reactions starting with the fusion of the two simplest atomic nuclei, the Hydrogen nuclei (protons), followed by fusion … Read more
Following presentation adapted from T. H. Rider Ph.D. thesis, MIT Published with permission June 2015 All rights reserved by original author & institution “Thirty-five years ago I was an expert precious-metal quartz-miner. There was an outcrop in my neighborhood that assayed $600 a ton—gold. But every fleck of gold in it was shut up tight … Read more
Vancouver Metro News Emily Jackson, May 18 2015 Malaysia’s state-owned energy company may be dragging its feet when it comes to investing in B.C.’s liquefied natural gas industry, but the country is bankrolling another type of energy being developed in the province. The Malaysian government’s strategic investment fund was the largest investor in the latest … Read more