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March 18, 2007
Mr. Fusion
However, Mr. Fusion was invented yesterday (several years ago actually). It was invented by Dr Robert Bussard formerly of the AEC fusion office. He did the work under a Naval contract. The Bussard Fusion Reactor will lower electrical costs at the busbar by at least 10X over coal or fission nuke power plants. Capital cost for electical plants using the Bussard Fusion design will decline by at least 5X mainly because no turbines, condensers, steam generators or electrical generators are required. With such a lowering of costs and simplicity of required equipment, roll out will be very fast. The reactor is just a big sphere surrounded by electro-magnets. The main cost of the plant is converting the 2 million volts DC output to AC for local use. The direct 2 million volt output would be great for long distance transmission. Although the plants copuld be sited in just about any reasonably sized electrical yard since any required cooling would not requre a water supply. Air cooling would work fine.
No thermal plant is required. Thermal plants - steam generators, turbines etc. - are long lead time items. They can take from 3 to 5 years from start of production to delivery. The Bussard Fusion Reactor output is direct 2 million volts DC. (a very large battery). Unlike fission plants there is no fuel stored in the reactor core = no Three Mile Island kind of problems. Turn off the electricity or turn off the fuel and the It would make a good rocket engine for fast interplanetary travel. Easy Low Cost No Radiation Fusion - video plus technical details. Dr Bussard needs $2 million in start up funds to verify reaction constants. He will need $200 million for a test reactor. The fuel is Boron 11 which is very abundant. We have 200,000+ years of reserves on the planet if it is used exclusively for power. Most borax is used now for borosilicate glass. Let me take this time to specifically thank the crew at Classical Values Justin and Eric for giving me a heads up on this. Cross Posted at Power and Control posted by Simon on 03.18.07 at 10:59 AM |
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There are only two ventures that I would consider investing in today, and one of them is Dr. Bussard's work. The man is Mr. Fusion and has faced demonstrated his knowledge of the subject unlike any other.
The other is JP Aerospace as their technology is known, their effort modest and yet spiral design to achieve more as time goes on, and it has zero attachment to NASA. Scrounging up a bit of cash is a problem, but buying stuff there does help.
These are the dreams of a better and longer future that are worth investing in, but not the entire savings. The investment is not for economic return or gain, as failure is always an option. It is to buy into the dream of the future that is being seen.
And that is priceless.