“Nuclear Fusion: Inside the breakthrough that could change our world -60 Minutes”
Another NIF shot comparable to the December 2022 achievement, occurring in February 2023?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2kh6Ik4-yag
“Nuclear Fusion: Inside the breakthrough that could change our world -60 Minutes”
7 comments:
"Out of the lab & into the streets.” In the few seconds before the banner was ripped from our hands, we implored our colleagues to use their leverage as scientists to wake the public up to the dying planet."
NIF may be the only way to save the world with green energy. Once we get NIF fully going and a bunch of followup NIF like power plants we can stop using fossil fuels and give the chance for the earth too heal. Yes into the streets.
"Ignition means igniting a fusion reaction that puts out more energy than the lasers put in"(60-Minutes). That's a Gain of 3/300. The more corporate welfare, the more "shots" will follow the December 5 2022 shot.
I recommend three books for Scott Pelley and the 60-Minutes editorial team, the last one is about NIF specifically:
"The Fairy Tale of Nuclear Fusion" by Reinders (Springer),
"A Piece of the Sun" by Clery (Ducksworth Overlook),
"Sun in a Bottle" by Charles Seife (Penguin Group).
"Fusion Follies: Carbon-Free Energy and Seawater Sorcery" by Miklosy (Amazon).
Always nice to see PR being done by people who had no involvement with the experiment.
Please tell me more about their tears of joy
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Always nice to see PR being done by people who had no involvement with the experiment.
Please tell me more about their tears of joy
1/16/2023 1:29 PM
You don’t understand the concept of “girlboss” … yet.
The primary goal of NIF was/is weapons research. The secretary of DOE gave a dog and pony show touting unlimited fusion energy. What you need to look at is the presentation that immediately followed that where the scientists of NIF discussed the shot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmzep3YaRNI
2:04 – Laser wasn’t designed to be efficient
3:47 We study fusion ignition to keep to keep our nuclear deterrent safe, secure, effective and reliable and do so without the need to do further underground nuclear weapons testing.
32:20 The targets that we are using today are designed for science…These targets are not designed for fusion energy.
47:20 The question raised is how much of this work is supporting Stockpile Stewardship and what information gained from the experiment is supporting that stewardship. The answer given most decidedly points to the design of NIF as a tool to gain knowledge for weapon design.
1/25/2023 12:57 PM
(Mostly) everyone in the scientific community understands these things The press does not (or doesn't want to).
Has the NIF released the details of the planned February 2023 experiment related to their December 2022 break through shot? Will it be identical to the December 2022 shot?
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