[ RadSafe ] New Fusion Reactor

[Joseph Preisig]

Radsafe/Franz,

     It is good to be skeptical about Fusion.  Hope to see you in 10
years.  The advances in High Temperature
Superconductivity could really help other Fusion approaches also.  Some of
these I've discussed on Radsafe
before.  I could see a breakeven Fusion reactor in 5 years with possible
financial support at a high level.

     Some questions remain... How do you get energy/power out of a fusion
reactor???  I could see fission and fusion
reactors running side by side for many years to come.  I guess the source
of deuterium is ocean water, which I guess
could be done.  If you want to use tritium or a heavier fuel, it has to
come from somewhere.  Tritium could come from deuterium
put in a conventional reactor.  Or tritium can come from reactions with
Lithium???  I guess one day, if there is a purchasing run on
lithium, then one might assume that fusion is working in a laboratory
somewhere.  For more on fusion, perhaps google the
name oliphant....

     Joe Preisig





On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 2:05 PM, Franz Schönhofer <
franz.schoenhofer at chello.at> wrote:

> Joe,
>
> Thanks for your optimistic view into the future..... I am not up to date
> with hightemperature superconductors, but I am more than skeptical. Maybe
> we could discuss this again in 10 years again? Since I am already 71 years
> old
> this not 100% sure...
>
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> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- From: Joseph Preisig
> Sent: Friday, March 04, 2016 9:46 AM
> To: radsafe
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] New Fusion Reactor
>
>
> Radsafe,
>
>     Google    mit and arc reactor
>
>     The arc fusion reactor uses High Temperature Superconductor material
> to generate large magnetic fields.  They say the reactor would be smaller
> than ITER and could be built in 5 to 10 years.  We'll see.
>
>     Joe Preisig
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