Re: Why ITER Will Be In France



John Schutkeker wrote:
> Uncle Al <UncleAl0@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:42DD32FA.891451BB@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
> > All, without exception, controlled hot fusion experiments are
> > refinements of military hydrodynamic codes for simulated nuclear
> > weapon detonation.
>
> Inaccurately so, as H-bomb plasmas are shock heated, and ITER is not.
>
> > Hot fusion as the core of a powerplant is
> > ludicrous at face value. Nuclear reactors have 50 years of
> > development and are intrinsically stable in operation.
>
> Not the American ones, just the French and Canadian ones. Americans
> foolishly chose to derive their civilian nuclear program from military
> light water reactors, and the light water nukes are much less stable
> than the heavy water ones.
>
> > No fusion reactor edges beyond a bad joke
>
> Not yet, but we'll see if the French can do better. They're very nuke-
> savvy.
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no need to be a genious in order of saing:

IT IS DEAD BY ARIVAL!!!

and a huge wast of *invaluable time*
because of the illusion (and deception)
that prevents other directions!

it is not even in the right direction!!

(not mentioning the money)

ATB
Y.Porat
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>
> > A fusion reactor is a barely contained ongoing disaster.
>
> But not a nuclear disaster. Once something goes wrong, the plasma
> quenches, and the burning stops. There is no equivalent to the china
> syndrome, as is currently happening in Chernobyl. A containment can
> easily be built to contain all possible nuclides released by a
> conventional explosion.
>
> > Nobody sane
> > puts 4 degrees kelvin supercon magnet windings hard by an intense fast
> > neutron radiation field plus hard photons with 100 million degrees
> > kelvin temps overall.
>
> This is jusy one possible design, and there is no law of physics
> prohibiting the use of resistive magnets.
>
> >> Now the NY Times is reporting that ITER will attempt to breed tritium
> >> from lithium, hoping to prove that a self-contained fuel cycle is
> >> possible. This will require handling radioactive fuel, and dealing
> >> with large neutron fluxes.
>
> > It will require huge bales of bull*** and periodic overthrows of
> > management, followed by reorganizations and "unanticipated" massive
> > budget overruns.
>
> This is the only point you've made correctly, however the escape valve
> is simply to abandon the breeding cycle and save that for the next
> design iteration.
>
> > France was chosen because a reactor breach would not damage anything
> > valued by others.
>
> Don't be so hard on the Frogs. Lafayette diverted British naval
> resources, preventing them from reinforcing the Redcoats. Without him
> Washington couldn't have won the Revolutionary War.

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