I just received my annual TCP-1 letter from LLNS and a summary of the LLNS Pension Plan. Looked in pretty good shape in 2013. About 35% overfunded (funding target attainment percentage = 134.92%). This was a decrease from 2012 where it was 51% overfunded (funding target attainment percentage = 151.59%). They did note that the 2012 change in the law on how liabilities are calculated using interest rates improved the plan's position. Without the change the funding target attainment percentages would have been 118% (2012) and 105% (2013). 2013 assets = $2,057,866,902 2013 liabilities = $1,525,162,784 vs 2012 assets = $1,844,924,947 2012 liabilities = $1,217,043,150 It was also noted that a slightly different calculation method ("fair market value") designed to show a clearer picture of the plan' status as December 31, 2013 had; Assets = $2,403,098,433 Liabilities = $2,068,984,256 Funding ratio = 116.15% Its a closed plan with 3,781 participants. Of that number, 3,151 wer...
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2% or less.
What on earth does Trump have to do with it?
Seeing that this is private company, I would guess Trump would order it to be shutdown, or tell his supporters to storm it, he could bribe it, grab it by...,
He could order it be given to Elon Musk who will use he fussion energy to mine BITCOIN and make a trillion dollars.
On the other hand Trump could support it, if the rename it
"Fusion for Fascists!", or you could convince Trump that he could use it invade Poland.
I think Trump broke the minds of way to many people. I do not blame Trump, I blame people who somehow still believed MSM. I simply do no get that,
you would figure after 9/11, Iraq war, Anthrax scares, Patriot act, they hate us for freedom propaganda, weapons of mass destruction, that most people would have figured out that your not getting accurate news on MSM. But no.
You don't think he has a few of them in the fossil fuel industry? They dont dream of an unlimited-energy machine, do they?
That's the relation to trump.
https://world-nuclear.org/nuclear-reactor-database/summary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_States
So reaching the goal of feeding energy into the grid, for fusion power, may again precede widescale adoption by many years.