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Lockheed Martin Reports Fusion Breakthrough...
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:09 pm
quote:
The key breakthrough involves using a “magnetic bottle” to contain the vast amount of heat, which rises into the hundreds of millions of degrees, created by the nuclear reaction. Containing and controlling the staggering levels of heat and pressure involved has hampered countless previous efforts to use fusion for generating electricity. The challenges associated with controlling the heat and pressure created by nuclear fusion has been especially difficult at smaller scales, which makes Lockheed’s claimed breakthrough all the more impressive.
“By containing this reaction, we can release [the heat] in a controlled fashion to create energy we can use,” Lockheed said in a statement. “The heat energy created using this compact fusion reactor will drive turbine generators by replacing the combustion chambers with simple heat exchangers. In turn, the turbines will then generate electricity or the propulsive power for a number of applications.”
Lockheed said in a statement that it would build a pilot fusion reactor in the next year.
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Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:11 pm to ForeLSU
Maybe being a petroleum engineer is not such a good career choice?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:11 pm to ForeLSU
Quit with the fancy science talk and cut to the chase.
Are we getting flying cars, or what?
Are we getting flying cars, or what?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:12 pm to ForeLSU
WHOA.. I made cold fusion!
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:12 pm to ForeLSU
I had to check to see if this was an Onion article....
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:15 pm to ForeLSU
quote:
the team anticipates being able to produce a prototype in five years.
LOL if this was true, it would get built in 6 months.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:18 pm to ForeLSU
So they are going to blow us up, huh?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:19 pm to ForeLSU
quote:Sheldon Cooper says it can be done. That's good enough for me.....
Fusion Breakthrough
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:23 pm to ForeLSU
but what does all this have to do with the ebola outbreak?
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:24 pm to ForeLSU
They report this crap every 6-8 months.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:27 pm to ForeLSU
Badass.
Lemme know when I can buy a fusion car.
Lemme know when I can buy a fusion car.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:28 pm to ForeLSU
I'll temper my excitement until a working prototype is shown. Fusion energy would be one of the most revolutionary leaps in technology, ever.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:43 pm to ForeLSU
wait.
how do we (that is, LMT) create 'hundreds of millions of degrees' of heat to break the atoms and subsequently cause the fusion of ions??
hundreds of millions of degrees????????????
how do we (that is, LMT) create 'hundreds of millions of degrees' of heat to break the atoms and subsequently cause the fusion of ions??
hundreds of millions of degrees????????????
Posted on 10/15/14 at 3:19 pm to ForeLSU
I've long said that advancements in nuclear technology will be the future of energy as we move away from coal.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 4:14 pm to ForeLSU
The global warming 'debate' may be moot in 10 years.
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