Recent content by Joseph Chikva

Nobody today is close to the desired goal. Including "people at LPP". And first problem is in lack of interest of decision making people. As at least initially fusion will not have economical advantage against fission. From another side fission is already well developed, while fusion needs many...

And that is believable. As last year NIF failed to achieve ignition. And I do not believe that at facility making serious defense program anyone will allow to make movie. But they did that. But I really believe that you've got good education. As well as other your schoolmates. But this does not...

2 OR 3? Difficult to count? You said that NIF people are working on some things like e.g. "fast ignition". Are you sure that they are still working on that since September of last year? I am sure that not. Regardless to what your friends told you. And I am stating that at this moment National...

Mr. kinkmode, without offence, how old are you? How many friend you have? And what percent of your fiend's community work on NIF? May be this is only natural wish of young man to look more significant than he is? Civilian part closed? Really? And only military part goes on? I am happy. Have...

really?

I am afraid that only Hollywood related activity (Star track in the Darkness) is still actual for NIF. And nothing more. As what they claim on "defense related activity" is modeling of thermonuclear weapon. If so, as far as I understand, no ignition - no possibility of modeling. And ignition...

Research idea where? In NIF? NIF closed.

Laser ignition failed with NIF (national ignition facility). And all processes in inertial confinement are rather fast. In opposite case "inertial" is impossible.

What is slow in inertial confinement? May be they are researching some things allowing ignition? :)

So, not in 2003 as you stated earlier? What cut you talk about if funding in HIF always was extremely small vs. extensive works have to be done? Be noted that HIF program would be much more expensive than even TOKAMAK. What "innovative concept pot"? Does the word "innovative" not mean...

11 papers a year only one small Prienston team. Program is extensive by volume of works have to be done for reaching desired goal – making of commercially successful HIF. I said too that several tens people can not reach that goal as well as money being spending today is not enough for a program...

How they are involved if after mentioned by them date 2003 another scientists working in three largest NATIONAL Labs say that they still working? Not a fact that those 54 people are paid for working in Inertial Confinement? Yes, 54 is not a big number, and yes, 11 millions not a big money for a...

Strange statement. As if to use Google with key words “Heavy Ions Fusion DOE” one of the first links you will get is: http://www.ornl.gov/info/news/pulse/no368/feature.sht dated at July 30, 2012.

You can google this information yourself. Especially for you I found for example the following: http://cerncourier.com/cws/article/cern/40998 NDCX-II has received $11 million of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Construction began in July with completion of the initial...

Ask any of these persons http://hif.lbl.gov/VNLstaff.html All they are members of Virtual National Laboratory (VNL) sponsored by DOE. 54 persons with annual salary not less than 60'000 USD (up to 100'000 USD/y). So DOE spends only on salary about 3'500'000 USD per year. Anderson, Oscar...