Comments on: Korea to Unveil Fusion Reactor http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/ Korea... in Blog Format Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:08:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: empraptor http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-106408 empraptor Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:31:00 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-106408 Someone should let the marketing guys working in Korea that attaching phrases like "world-best" sounds childish to native speakers. Someone should let the marketing guys working in Korea that attaching phrases like “world-best” sounds childish to native speakers.

]]> By: danson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-106149 danson Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:07:16 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-106149 ... and North Koreans are busily updating the targeting information on their Daepodong missiles ... … and North Koreans are busily updating the targeting information on their Daepodong missiles …

]]> By: MSimon http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-106046 MSimon Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:11:35 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-106046 Here is something that miht be better faster cheaper: <a href="http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/03/mr-fusion.html" rel="nofollow">Bussard Fusion Reactor</a> <a href="http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2006/11/easy-low-cost-no-radiation-fusion.html" rel="nofollow">Easy Low Cost No Radiation Fusion</a> It has been funded: <a href="http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/08/bussard-reactor-funded.html" rel="nofollow">Bussard Reactor Funded</a> I have inside info that is very reliable and multiply confirmed that validates the above story. I am not at liberty to say more. Expect a public announcement from the Navy in the coming weeks. The above reactor can burn Deuterium which is very abundant and produces lots of neutrons or it can burn a mixture of Hydrogen and Boron 11 which does not The implication of it is that we will know in 6 to 9 months if the small reactors of that design are feasible. If they are we could have fusion plants generating electricity in 10 years or less depending on how much we want to spend to compress the time frame. BTW Bussard is not the only thing going on in IEC. There are a few government programs at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana among others. Here is something that miht be better faster cheaper:

Bussard Fusion Reactor
Easy Low Cost No Radiation Fusion

It has been funded:

Bussard Reactor Funded

I have inside info that is very reliable and multiply confirmed that validates the above story. I am not at liberty to say more. Expect a public announcement from the Navy in the coming weeks.

The above reactor can burn Deuterium which is very abundant and produces lots of neutrons or it can burn a mixture of Hydrogen and Boron 11 which does not

The implication of it is that we will know in 6 to 9 months if the small reactors of that design are feasible.

If they are we could have fusion plants generating electricity in 10 years or less depending on how much we want to spend to compress the time frame.

BTW Bussard is not the only thing going on in IEC. There are a few government programs at the University of Wisconsin and at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana among others.

]]> By: Wedge http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105999 Wedge Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:29:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105999 It's always local technology, isn't it? Just like all of their tanks and airplanes. My theory is that it's strictly for domestic consumption; surely they don't think foreigners really believe that shite. It’s always local technology, isn’t it? Just like all of their tanks and airplanes. My theory is that it’s strictly for domestic consumption; surely they don’t think foreigners really believe that shite.

]]> By: Sperwer http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105997 Sperwer Fri, 07 Sep 2007 09:18:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105997 Is Val Kilmer starring in the movie? Is Val Kilmer starring in the movie?

]]> By: judge judy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105986 judge judy Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:53:37 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105986 <blockquote>KSTAR (Korean Superconducting Tokamak Reactor) is a long pulse, superconducting tokamak being designed to explore advanced tokamak regimes under steady state conditions. A team of US national laboratories, universities, and industrial participants (including MIT, LLNL, ORNL, PPPL, and GA) which is supporting the Korean National Fusion Program in the design of KSTAR.</blockquote> from the general atomics website (web.gat.com).

KSTAR (Korean Superconducting Tokamak Reactor) is a long pulse, superconducting tokamak being designed to explore advanced tokamak regimes under steady state conditions. A team of US national laboratories, universities, and industrial participants (including MIT, LLNL, ORNL, PPPL, and GA) which is supporting the Korean National Fusion Program in the design of KSTAR.

from the general atomics website (web.gat.com).

]]> By: The Artful Dodger http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105972 The Artful Dodger Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:23:21 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105972 Anyone who wants to read more about nuclear fusion can go to where yourbutt cut-and-pasted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_power Anyone who wants to read more about nuclear fusion can go to where yourbutt cut-and-pasted from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_power

]]> By: yourbutt http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105963 yourbutt Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:50:17 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105963 Fusion power refers to power generated by nuclear fusion reactions. In this kind of reaction, two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus and release energy. In a more general sense, the term can also refer to the production of net usable power from a fusion source, similar to the usage of the term "steam power." Most design studies for fusion power plants involve using the fusion reactions to create heat, which is then used to operate a steam turbine, similar to most coal-fired power stations as well as fission-driven nuclear power stations. The largest current experiment, JET, has resulted in fusion power production slightly less than the power put into the plasma, maintaining an output of 16 MW for a few seconds. In June 2005, the construction of the experimental reactor ITER, designed to produce several times more fusion power than the power put into the plasma over many minutes, was announced. The production of net electrical power from fusion is planned for DEMO, the next generation experiment after ITER. Fusion power refers to power generated by nuclear fusion reactions. In this kind of reaction, two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus and release energy. In a more general sense, the term can also refer to the production of net usable power from a fusion source, similar to the usage of the term “steam power.” Most design studies for fusion power plants involve using the fusion reactions to create heat, which is then used to operate a steam turbine, similar to most coal-fired power stations as well as fission-driven nuclear power stations.

The largest current experiment, JET, has resulted in fusion power production slightly less than the power put into the plasma, maintaining an output of 16 MW for a few seconds. In June 2005, the construction of the experimental reactor ITER, designed to produce several times more fusion power than the power put into the plasma over many minutes, was announced. The production of net electrical power from fusion is planned for DEMO, the next generation experiment after ITER.

]]> By: tmc1233 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105943 tmc1233 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:45:38 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105943 More power to them. If it works well, that's awesome. I just hope they put more thought and attention into the reactor than they did into the web page. More power to them. If it works well, that’s awesome. I just hope they put more thought and attention into the reactor than they did into the web page.

]]> By: The Artful Dodger http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105935 The Artful Dodger Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:20:02 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/09/07/korea-to-unveil-fusion-reactor/#comment-105935 It's not a fusion reactor, but a research facility. If nuclear reactors existed, we could get clean nuclear energy, without the radioactive waste that nuclear fission reactors produce. The Korea Herald said, "They said if all goes well, plasma is to be created for sustained operations in the second half of 2008." We already know how to produce plasma. Problems with nuclear fusion are: a) It requires more energy than it produces. And b) Maintaining the reaction. Planning to produce a nuclear fusion reactor by 2008 is like planning to create faster-than-light spaceships by 2008. It’s not a fusion reactor, but a research facility. If nuclear reactors existed, we could get clean nuclear energy, without the radioactive waste that nuclear fission reactors produce.
The Korea Herald said, “They said if all goes well, plasma is to be created for sustained operations in the second half of 2008.”
We already know how to produce plasma. Problems with nuclear fusion are:
a) It requires more energy than it produces. And
b) Maintaining the reaction.
Planning to produce a nuclear fusion reactor by 2008 is like planning to create faster-than-light spaceships by 2008.

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