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U.S. lab says it repeated fusion energy feat — with higher yield
The Washington Post (via MSN.com) ^ | 07 August 2023 | Ben Brasch, Kyle Rempfer, Shannon Osaka

Posted on 08/07/2023 10:34:40 AM PDT by zeestephen

A group of U.S. scientists say they have repeated their landmark energy feat - a nuclear fusion reaction that produces more energy than is put into it. But this time, they say the experiment produced an even higher energy yield than one in December...the lab "won't be discussing further details" of the July experiment until after more analysis.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: benbrasch; energy; fission; fusion; fusionreactor; inertialcontainment; kylerempfer; shannonosaka
The Washington Post:

"...they are measuring just the amount of energy required to power the lasers that were used to smush the hydrogen atoms together - not the power that's necessary to make the whole project work."

From memory - the last positive test required 200 times more energy "to make the whole project work" than was actually created by fusion!

1 posted on 08/07/2023 10:34:40 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

Right around the corner - again!


2 posted on 08/07/2023 10:40:02 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: aquila48

The same lab is also working on Tamper Proof Mail In Ballots for the 2024 Presidential election!


3 posted on 08/07/2023 10:42:56 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: zeestephen

Where is that research lab. I want to make sure I stay 100 miles away.


4 posted on 08/07/2023 10:45:01 AM PDT by poinq
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To: zeestephen

I’ve gotten it into my head that the National Ignition Facility is cover for developing a fusion-only thermonuclear bomb. The explosively driven lasers required for ignition in a bomb were developed elsewhere.


5 posted on 08/07/2023 10:45:48 AM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: zeestephen
Review of explosive-driven iodine lasers in the U.S.
6 posted on 08/07/2023 10:48:37 AM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: zeestephen

Well, we know for certain that fusion actually does work............

7 posted on 08/07/2023 10:50:23 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
Well, that's Crossroads Bravo, which was a fission-only plutonium device, like the ones exploded at Trinity and Nagasaki.

If you just want proof that "fusion works," there's this big glowing ball of gas in the sky on a clear day ...

8 posted on 08/07/2023 10:52:34 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: Campion

Yes, that’s what we want, the SUN in a bottle!............


9 posted on 08/07/2023 10:54:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Campion

Where does it go on cloudy days?


10 posted on 08/07/2023 11:03:49 AM PDT by sonova (That's what I always say sometimes.)
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To: zeestephen

The government is sitting on the technology to provide free energy and will not release it to the public. What does that tell you about your ‘government?’


11 posted on 08/07/2023 11:16:53 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: zeestephen

If room temp superconducting works out, fusion plasma containment will be simpler and cheaper.


12 posted on 08/07/2023 11:22:00 AM PDT by JustaTech (My mind is the weapon. Everything else is tools.)
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To: sonova

Someplace where you can’t see it easily, of course!


13 posted on 08/07/2023 11:41:04 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: iontheball
The government is sitting on the technology to provide free energy

Yeah ... if only they'd let us have that 100mpg carburetor ...

14 posted on 08/07/2023 12:21:24 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: aquila48

We’ll get Mr Fusion right about the time we get flying cars.

What I want to know is how Doc Brown built a fusion reactor in 1888? He didn’t even have the technology to make the technology to build a time machine.


15 posted on 08/07/2023 12:23:43 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: NorthMountain

Yeah ... if only they’d let us have that 100mpg carburetor ...
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16 posted on 08/07/2023 4:06:33 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: iontheball

You’ll have to be a lot more specific than that ...


17 posted on 08/07/2023 4:07:55 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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