[ExI] Lockheed skunkworks announcement about fusion

[BillK]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 11:07 PM, spike wrote:
> Hmmm, did he mean 100 MW for one second, then an hour to soak up and convert
> that resultant heat?  Is he suggesting some form of direct charging of
> capacitors using an electromagnetic pulse?  I just don't see it BillK.
>
> It occurred to me why it might be tempting to believe this, since nuclear
> aircraft carriers have compact power plants on this order.  But they also
> have a convenient heat sink right there: they dump the waste heat directly
> into the sea.
>
>

Nuclear aircraft carriers use fission reactors - not fusion.

There seems to be universal scepticism about the claims.
Nobody has built a fusion reactor yet. Lockheed are only claiming that
they have done a feasibility study.
Quote:
McGuire said the company had several patents pending for the work and
was looking for partners in academia, industry and among government
laboratories to advance the work.
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That sounds like a request for lots of money for development.

BillK