{"id":10109,"date":"2015-03-11T01:40:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T05:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10109"},"modified":"2015-03-11T01:40:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T05:40:59","slug":"sci-tech-latest-on-general-fusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10109","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Latest on General Fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalfusion.com\/\" target=\"_d\">General Fusion<\/a>\u00a0company in Canada, which I&#8217;ve posted about occasionally <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7485\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, on their quest to develop a\u00a0unique approach to achieving practical nuclear fusion power at a relatively low cost:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/partners\/thomsonreuterscapitalize\/advtrtechnology\/bc-tech-firm-aims-to-save-the-world-with-nuclear-reactor\/article22760798\/\" target=\"_d\">Tech firm aims to &#8216;save the world&#8217; with nuclear reactor &#8211; The Globe and Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A General Fusion promotional video:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n8qgAgyqdBM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update on the General Fusion\u00a0company in Canada, which I&#8217;ve posted about occasionally here, on their quest to develop a\u00a0unique approach to achieving practical nuclear fusion power at a relatively low cost:\u00a0Tech firm aims to &#8216;save the world&#8217; with nuclear reactor &#8211; The Globe and Mail. A General Fusion promotional video:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2D3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5159,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5159","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Nuclear fusion projects including General Fusion, Helion Energy and MSNW","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an overview of several fusion power projects:\u00a0The Nuclear Fusion Arms Race Is Underway - \u00a0Motherboard. And here is info on a couple of alternative fusion approaches. General Fusion, a Canadian based company that has raised $33M so far from Jeff Bezos and other private sources, is aiming for a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/zf8QIJ2VgqU\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7485,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7485","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech video: Michel Laberge explains General Fusion","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Michel Laberge, the founder of the\u00a0Canadian\u00a0General Fusion\u00a0project\u00a0(see earlier post), describes in a TED talk their route to nuclear fusion power :\u00a0Michel Laberge: How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion - YouTube\u00a0(via\u00a0Next Big Future) http:\/\/youtu.be\/2m9kC1yRnLQ","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/2m9kC1yRnLQ\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5884,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5884","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":2},"title":"Sci-Tech: Update from General Fusion","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"NextBigFuture.com\u00a0points to an update from\u00a0General Fusion, the Canadian nuclear fusion venture partially funded by Jeff Bezos\u00a0that is aiming to produce net energy by 2018 from its innovative approach to fusion power: \u00a0General Fusion - CT2013, Kobe, Japan - September 25, 2013 (pdf).","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9072,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9072","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":3},"title":"Sci-Tech: More fusion power projects","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 20, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently listed some relatively low cost, near(er) term nuclear fusion power projects, \u00a0most of which originated at government labs or from government funded research at universities but are now being pursued by private ventures: Updates on five fusion power projects\u00a0- Dynomak, Helion Power, EMC2 Polywell,\u00a0Lockheed-Martin Compact Fusion, and Sandia's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13034,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13034","url_meta":{"origin":10109,"position":4},"title":"Sci-Tech: Interview with Nathan Gilliland, CEO of General Fusion","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is an interview with\u00a0General Fusion CEO Nathan Gilliland about nuclear fusion power and General Fusion's unique approach to\u00a0\u00a0creating it: https:\/\/vimeo.com\/176400758 I thought it was particularly interesting that GF often interacts with other commercial fusion projects such as Tri-Alpha Energy. 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