http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
500 trillion watts of power is nice. Imagine what everyone saves for shutting down all the power plants in the country (US and/or Canada) for this one.]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Its gonna be a real interesting and turning point in the history of science if they can get it right and really achieve it.
+1 to science and the guys doing this. ]]>Apr 1st 2009 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/April, June and November
All the rest have 31
And February’s great with 28
And Leap Year’s February’s fine with 29]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
;-)]]>Apr 1st 2009 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/April, June and November.
All the rest have thirty one;
excepting February alone,
which hath twenty eight days clear
and twenty nine on each leap year.]]>Apr 1st 2009 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
No seriously. Start from your pinkie knuckle - that's January. The gap between the next finger is February, ring finger knuckle is March. Once you get to July, repeat the same knuckle for August and go backwards. Just have to remember February is 28/29 days not 30 days. Knuckles are 31 days.

Easy. No need to remember a damn poem.]]>Apr 1st 2009 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
also, there are NUMEROUS spider man references in that article. i was going to make a joke but then realized that it will get dissolved into the rest that are sure to follow.]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
Desalinated water and computers for everyone!]]>Apr 1st 2009 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
Nuclear fusion is the power souce of the future
and always will be.]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
;)]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
E=mc2]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/The problem with nuclear fusion is the end to end budget when the costs and problems of disposal become a real problem.
A containment vessel for a fusion reaction reactor will do more than just glow in the dark,
So the problems are exactly the same, fission or fusion.
Fusion solves nothing, except it keeps some scientist off the streets.
Now if they were going to find a way of designing and buiding a breeder reactor that was safe.
That would be an achievement that would bring us all many benefits.
But the eco-feakos don't like that thought.]]>Apr 1st 2009 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
While it is true we will run out of Uranium, we can use Thorium as nuclear fuel which is even more abundant than Uranium.]]>Apr 1st 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
What disposal problem? The byproduct of fusion is helium. Use it to fill a fleet of efficient airships, fill a gazillion balloons and release them, or release it to the atmosphere. So what if we all talk with funny voices after a while.
]]>Apr 1st 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 2nd 2009 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
"This process will create temperatures of 100 million degrees and pressures billions of times greater than Earth's atmospheric pressure, forcing the hydrogen nuclei to fuse and release many times more energy than the laser energy required to spark the reaction," said Dr Moses.

This "energy gain", as it is known, is key. If it works, NIF will release 10 to 100 times more energy than the amount pumped into the lasers to kick-start the reaction. ]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
I wonder if Engadget will be able to fix their comment system before we achieve fusion? Something tells me that fixing the comment system is actually harder...]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 1:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7891787.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7655016.stm

I don't know bbc that much, but I wouldn't think a news source so big would pull an April Fools stunt like that...]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_tree


However, this i dont think is fake.]]>Apr 1st 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 1:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Mar 31st 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM]]>Apr 1st 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
I hope this makes air cleaner to breath at least!

Jerome Garot ~]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
When did those crazy Mayans say the world was going to end? 2012? This project should show noticeable results by 2012. Noticeable indeed. :d hehe. Just kidding, but, I wonder what happens if something goes wrong as all the energy the United Sates using at peak times is concentrated in one tiny little room. After the creation of Dr. Manhattan of course.]]>Mar 31st 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/Apr 1st 2009 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/The question is (and always is), will it generate more power than is required to power the lasers in the first place?
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