Reply To: Global Warming

[Brian H]

Well, james’ observation also applies to the Sandia simulation. Containment beyond an instant of the fusion plasma is the whole ball game. IMO, this is where the FF concept has such an overwhelming advantage. No hyper-complex tuning of protective magnetic/material shielding of vulnerable walls is necessary. That’s where the Devil’s Details make all other approaches “come a cropper”, to use an appropriate Briticism.

Note that the NIF is designed and appropriate for investigating fusion explosions. Adapting it to energy production is “kluges all the way down”. Same with Sandia’s Z-pinch and this variant. Note especially that excess HEAT is the desired and necessary intermediate for obtaining usable electricity. And extracting the heat from these rigs is some trick.

Note also that it is D-T fusion, meaning floods of hot neutrons trying to transmute the equipment into mischmetal. :coolcheese: