[ExI] Tri Alpha Energy

[John Clark]

Tri Alpha Energy is about the most secretive publicity shy company around,
they have 150 employees 140 million in the bank and no website; they've
been around since 1998 but until recently all they've said it that they're
trying to develop fusion power using the Hydrogen-Boron reaction which is
one of the cleanest nuclear reaction known because it produces no neutrons
and no radioactive isotopes. Also the reaction produces fast electrically
charged particles so it can produce electricity directly, bypassing the
need for steam turbines and generators. Boron and Hydrogen are very common
elements too.

Recently the company has opened up a bit and published papers showing that
they have made real progress, they've confined plasma in field-reversed
configuration (a sort of plasma smoke ring) at 10 million degrees Celsius
and held it steady for 5 milliseconds, which is over 10 times longer
than anybody has before. But there is still a long way to go.

http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2015/08/secretive-fusion-company-makes-reactor-breakthrough


http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2015/06/mystery-company-blazes-trail-fusion-energy

  John K Clark
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