{"id":10656,"date":"2015-05-26T14:08:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T18:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2015-05-26T14:08:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T18:08:47","slug":"sci-tech-updates-on-four-alternative-fusion-power-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10656","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Updates on four alternative fusion power projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some items regarding projects involved in alternative approaches to fusion power:<\/p>\n<p>* Dr. Matthew Moynihan will be on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespaceshow.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Space Show<\/a> today to discuss the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polywell\" target=\"_blank\">Polywell system<\/a>\u00a0for producing fusion energy:\u00a0 7-8:30 pm\u00a0PDT (10-11:30 pm\u00a0EST, 9-10:30 pm\u00a0CDT).<\/p>\n<p>* Here&#8217;s some news about\u00a0three fusion projects &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalfusion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">General Fusion<\/a>\u00a0in Canada,\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helionenergy.com\/\">Helion Energy<\/a>\u00a0in Seattle, Washington, and <a href=\"http:\/\/lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com\/\" target=\"_d\">LPP Fusion<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Middlesex, New Jersey\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/acuriousguy.blogspot.ca\/2015\/05\/three-small-fusion-companies.html?utm_source=Notes+from+the+Commercial+Space+Blog+May+26th%2C+2015&amp;utm_campaign=Chuck+1&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_d\">Three Small Fusion Companies Approaching a Critical Funding Mass &#8211; The Commercial Space Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* A longer update on LPP:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/LPP_Focus_Fusion_Report_May-21_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">LPP Focus Fusion Report May 21, 2015 (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Abell Foundation invests additional $200,000 in LPPFusion<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Fiber-epoxy winding, steel brace added to tungsten cathode<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Beryllium import permission obtained<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Dr. Hamid Yousefi returns to Iran, frustrated by immigration rejections <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some items regarding projects involved in alternative approaches to fusion power: * Dr. Matthew Moynihan will be on The Space Show today to discuss the Polywell system\u00a0for producing fusion energy:\u00a0 7-8:30 pm\u00a0PDT (10-11:30 pm\u00a0EST, 9-10:30 pm\u00a0CDT). * Here&#8217;s some news about\u00a0three fusion projects &#8211; General Fusion\u00a0in Canada,\u00a0 Helion Energy\u00a0in Seattle, Washington, and LPP Fusion\u00a0in\u00a0Middlesex, New &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10656\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Updates on four alternative fusion power projects<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10656","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-2LS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9050,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9050","url_meta":{"origin":10656,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: LPP focus fusion update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently listed updates on five fusion power projects. 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