Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
aviationweek.com
Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
1–10 of 375 posts
Re: Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
#2Hmm, are they confusing fission and fusion?
Re: Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
#3Hmmm, are they confusing fission and fusion?
Re: Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
#4Hmm, are they confusing fission and fusion?
[deleted]
Re: Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
#5Hmmm, are they confusing fission and fusion?
I think they must write "fusion" instead of "fission" on the second to last paragraph ...
Re: Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
#6Content-free article, but presumably it is this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_beta_fusion_reactor
This is not the first time they have gone public with this - Charles Chase gave a talk at Google X last year, recorded and publicly-available:
Re: Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
#7> Initial work demonstrated the feasibility of building a 100-megawatt reactor measuring seven feet by 10 feet, which could fit on the back of a large truck, and is about 10 times smaller than current reactors, McGuire said.
So that would power 50k to 100k typical houses in the US... not bad!
Re: Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
#8Hmm, are they confusing fission and fusion?
[deleted]
The article certainly does, even if Lockheed does not.
"U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers run on nuclear power, but they have large fusion reactors on board that have to be replaced on a regular cycle."
US naval vessels have fission reactors, not fusion. I'm also pretty sure that although they would refuel a reactor, that rather than replace the reactor they'll likely replace the ship.
Re: Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
#9> U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers run on nuclear power, but they have large fusion reactors on board that have to be replaced on a regular cycle.
sigh To the extent this is true I suspect those "large fusion reactors" are tuned not so much for generating electricity and a great deal for annihilating whatever the carrying missile is pointed at.
But never mind fuzzy thinking at Reuters right now. This is amazing news if holds up. Fingers crossed.
Re: Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details
#10> U.S. submarines and aircraft carriers run on nuclear power, but they have large fusion reactors on board that have to be replaced on a regular cycle. sigh To the extent this is true I suspect those "large fusion reactors" are tuned not so much for generating electricity and a great deal for annihilating whatever the carrying missile is pointed at. But never mind fuzzy thinking at Reuters right now. This is amazing…
I cringed when I saw that line too.