Reply To: NIMBY FUD

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Maybe, but MHD generators tend to favor quasi-steady plasma flows and the plasmoid is far from quasi-steady unless you are firing at very high repetition rate. Can the plasmoid survive a modest transit in the dense fuel gas? If I’m understanding the long term goal of LPP, they wish to operate the focus at ~100 Torr. Even an alpha particle at 3 MeV has a range limited to 15-20 cm (using an analytical alpha particle slowing down model from Mayo, Intro to NE). The plasmoid is unlikely to travel that far so the MHD generator is right on top of the pinch which is probably bad for its lifetime. High energy pinches produces copious amounts of UV, X-rays and charged particles that can chew up materials.