>the Z device recently achieved the following milestones during a
>test shot: temperatures of 1.8 million K, a power output of 290
>terawatts, and an energy release of 2.0 megajoules. The researchers
>believe nuclear fusion could be attained inside the device (by
>bombarding a fuel pellet with x rays) if the conditions were pushed
>further, to temperatures of 3.5 million K and power levels of 1000
>terawatts. Sandia officials have encapsulated these ideas in a
>proposal for a larger machine, to be called X-1. (Sandia press
>release, April 9.)
>
Bit late for April Fools Day, isn't it?
I dont know of anything that can hold 1.8 million k, and 290 terawatts is
like having a 20 GW dam (about the largest in the world at the moment)
running for 2 years non stop. And then released over what period of time?
And they wanna make a larger machine? The power output would be worth about
$16 billion bucks.
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>Marcelo
>mark@plug-in.com.br
>
DrJ
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