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[benf]

I came across this Sandia Lab MagLIF presentation on Sandia’s website, which illustrates the magnetic field design. Perhaps the control over the magnetic field and associated maths could be of some use in the future?

“Whatever the difficulties,” said Sandia manager Daniel Sinars, “we still want to find the answer to what Slutz (and co-author Roger Vesey) propose: Can magnetically driven inertial fusion work? We owe it to the country to understand how realistic this possibility is.”

I hope this quote doesn’t lead to another boondoggle of the NIF or Solyndra type….The DOE seems enamored with some projects that show high difficulty to produce…But I agree if they show that fusion net gain can be achieved, at least by simulation or in a lab. One hopes LPP will get there way ahead of them.:-)