I am a big fan of everything nuclear, with the exception of nuclear bombs. The Russians do not have an equivalent of the NIF and I have not seen them do any nuclear bomb tests recently, have you?ladajo wrote:
Without NIF we would be popping nukes for testing. NIF is a direct result of US compliance with the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Laser Fusion produced excess energy.
Re: Laser Fusion produced excess energy.
Re: Laser Fusion produced excess energy.
Nope, no testing. I think they really are stressing over their inventory. It was suspect to being with.
It would not surprise me if they go and do it and break the treaty. Putin would spin it as part of his Imperial Dream.
They also can't afford to build a NIF. They are backed into a corner.
It would not surprise me if they go and do it and break the treaty. Putin would spin it as part of his Imperial Dream.
They also can't afford to build a NIF. They are backed into a corner.
The development of atomic power, though it could confer unimaginable blessings on mankind, is something that is dreaded by the owners of coal mines and oil wells. (Hazlitt)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
What I want to do is to look up C. . . . I call him the Forgotten Man. (Sumner)
Re: Laser Fusion produced excess energy.
They will likely do a deal, this for that...NIH could model or provide model parameters for nuc evals, at least that is a sane prospect.
Counting the days to commercial fusion. It is not that long now.