Department of Government Efficiency

 A new Manhattan project.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14075357/donald-trump-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-government-efficiency.html

Trump put out a press release Tuesday night saying that Musk will co-lead the 'Manhattan Project of our time' with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

'This will send shockwaves through the system, and anyone involved in Government waste, which is a lot of people!' Musk said in a statement.

Have you heard of PACIFIC FUSION?

 Pacific Fusion. Latest hyped-up fusion company with LLNL roots:

https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-pacific-fusion-eric-lander/

Based on the Z machine MAGLIF. Curious how Eric Schmidt is involved as he’s mainly been concerned with DoD projects.

The most expensive substance in the world

 Here's some videos on a novel clock of another type:

https://youtu.be/n_8MmQShWnU?si=KGL2uEScYHkGBwet

https://youtu.be/1-_NHKCzbEA?si=6IY1PVUg5LUd5KTz

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Funding of fission power plants

 Should we increase funding of fission power plants with newer safer designs to serve as bridge technologies, while fusion research continues?

As amazing as the “How NIF Works” video is, it does not begin to detail the tens of thousands of optical, electrical, and mechanical components requiring constant maintenance and replacement, just to keep NIF firing ~1 shot every 24 hours, which is a far cry from the fusion power plant 10 shots per second needed with actual wall plug gain.

While we wait (and wait) for a viable 10Hz fusion power plant, will “safer” sodium cooled, molten salt cooled, fission power plants in the USA, China’s “meltdown proof” type fission power plants, or other designs, serve as acceptable bridge technologies for the next 30-100 years?

How would a NIF to LIFE fusion power plant reliability “stress test”, expect to compare to that of these newer safer fission plant technologies?

US firm sets record with plasma fusion

1) I am impressed when I see this type of breakthrough but have no idea how its applies to real life.

2) Did any of the National Labs contribute?

 https://interestingengineering.com/energy/plasma-fusion-record-by-quantum-kinetics

Your input us appreciated.

Company unveils revolutionary reactor design for nuclear fusion power plant

Cintexr:

Company unveils revolutionary reactor design for nuclear fusion power plant. Zap Energy is the name. The product: Century.

Has LLNL or LANL collaborated with them?

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/company-unveils-revolutionary-reactor-design-101543535.html

Security clearances

 Do you remember how hard it was to get a Q clearance? You needed a good reputation, good credit and you couldn't lie about anything.

Well, the next president,  with his 34 felonies, lies, hatred and racism, will have access to anything he wants and (he said it) help his sycophants get one.

This should scare and outrage anyone having or needing a clearance. 

Your thoughts and reactions?

NNSA under trump

 So what do the NNSA labs do under the the 2nd Trump administration ?

What are the odds we will have a test?

Is this the real average?

 $35 per hour seems too low.

https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Lawrence-Livermore-National-Laboratory-Llnl-Salary#:~:text=As%20of%20Oct%2025%2C%202024,States%20is%20%2435.15%20an%20hour.