{"id":13771,"date":"2017-01-19T14:14:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T19:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13771"},"modified":"2017-01-19T14:14:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T19:14:53","slug":"sci-tech-video-miles-obrien-reports-on-tri-alpha-energy-fusion-power-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13771","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech video: Miles O&#8217;Brien reports on Tri-Alpha Energy fusion power project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miles O&#8217;Brien, science and technology reporter for the PBS NewsHour, made the following profile of the commercial fusion power company <a href=\"http:\/\/trialphaenergy.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Tri Alpha Energy<\/a>, which I have mentioned here <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?s=trialpha+energy\" target=\"_blank\">a few times<\/a> over the years.<\/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\/rqg-dKfTkwo?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<p>Here is the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/alluring-elusive-fusion-energy-possible-lifetime\/#transcript\">Transcript\u00a0for &#8220;Is alluring but elusive fusion energy possible in our lifetime?&#8221; PBS NewsHour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is also this BBC video report from last summer:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/specialfeatures\/horizonsbusiness\/seriessix\/a-slice-of-the-sun\/?vid=p03yfggk\" target=\"_d\">BBC &#8211; Horizons &#8211; A Slice of the Sun<\/a>. See also the videos there on other commercial fusion power projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miles O&#8217;Brien, science and technology reporter for the PBS NewsHour, made the following profile of the commercial fusion power company Tri Alpha Energy, which I have mentioned here a few times over the years. Here is the\u00a0Transcript\u00a0for &#8220;Is alluring but elusive fusion energy possible in our lifetime?&#8221; PBS NewsHour. There is also this BBC video &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13771\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech video: Miles O&#8217;Brien reports on Tri-Alpha Energy fusion power project<\/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_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-13771","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-3A7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15466,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15466","url_meta":{"origin":13771,"position":0},"title":"SciTech video: Commercial fusion power ventures panel &#8211; General Fusion, Tri-Alpha Energy, &#038; Lockheed-Martin","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting discussion for a general public audience about three different commercial approaches to nuclear fusion power systems that could go on line within 10-15 years:\u00a0Nuclear Fusion: Reacting To Commercialization - VLAB Moderator: Rachel Slaybaugh, APRA-E Program Director and Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering,\u00a0University of California, Berkeley Michel Laberge, Founder\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\/HwUVcPlkQsI\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11904,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11904","url_meta":{"origin":13771,"position":1},"title":"Sci-tech: Tri-Alpha Fusion opens up","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Tri-Alpha Fusion, a spin-off from the\u00a0plasma fusion program at the University of California at Irvine, has been working for more\u00a0than\u00a015\u00a0years on an innovative design for a nuclear fusion power system. 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