{"id":8763,"date":"2014-09-09T01:20:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T05:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8763"},"modified":"2014-09-09T01:20:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T05:20:47","slug":"sci-tech-lpp-fusion-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8763","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: LPP Fusion update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest update from\u00a0Lawrenceville Plasma Physics<\/a>\u00a0(LPPFusion)\u00a0, which is developing an aneutronic focus fusion<\/a> power system, is\u00a0now available on line: \u00a0LPP Fusion Report September 8th 2014<\/a>\u00a0–<\/p>\n

LPP Focus Fusion Report<\/strong><\/p>\n

September 8, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Summary:<\/p>\n

* Fusion Policy: Nature calls for funding aneutronic fusion; ARPA-E puts $30 million for fusion alternatives; Science covers fusion start-ups<\/em><\/p>\n

* Dr. Hamid R. Yousefi is new LPP Chief Research Officer<\/em><\/p>\n

* Assembly of FF-1 with tungsten electrodes begins<\/em><\/p>\n

And from the latter item:<\/p>\n

The first steps have now been completed to begin the re-assembly of FF-1. LPP\u2019s lab team has successfully joined the new monolithic tungsten anode to a steel connector plate, creating a\u00a0current contact that is outside the vacuum chamber and arcing-proof. \u00a0Moving the contact outside the vacuum chamber completely eliminates the possibility that vaporization caused by arcing will add impurities to the plasma. In addition, making the contact at a lager radius spreads out the current, making it easier to avoid the intense heating that leads to vaporization.<\/em><\/p>\n

…<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0We will now mount the steel plate and anode onto the FF-1 device. We currently expect assembly to be complete in October.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest update from\u00a0Lawrenceville Plasma Physics\u00a0(LPPFusion)\u00a0, which is developing an aneutronic focus fusion power system, is\u00a0now available on line: \u00a0LPP Fusion Report September 8th 2014\u00a0– LPP Focus Fusion Report September 8, 2014 Summary: * Fusion Policy: Nature calls for funding aneutronic fusion; ARPA-E puts $30 million for fusion alternatives; Science covers fusion start-ups * Dr. … Continue reading Sci-Tech: LPP Fusion update<\/span> →<\/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-8763","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-2hl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9050,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9050","url_meta":{"origin":8763,"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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