Exciting news - could we really be 10 years away from commercial available fusion units? (not tokamaks)
Bussard Reactor Funded The Bussard Fusion Reactor Is Set For The Next Research Stage. Private emails are circulating reports that Dr. Robert Bussard has come to an agreement with the US Navy to resume fusion research.
It seems the purpose of the funding is to prepare to completion a repeatable test unit using the principles Dr. Bussard has developed that can be observed by independent reviewers.
For those who aren't aware of the Bussard reactor, you can watch a google presentation given by Dr. Bussard. It's pretty long (hour and a half), so get comfy.
Google Video The long and the short of it, is that it's very different then the fusion reactors that get billions of funding dollars (tokamaks). It's based on a Boron fusion reaction, with the waste elements being 3 atoms of He, and NO additional neutrons! That's right, no additional radiation. And it's only 2-3 metres in diameter.
Very exciting indeed.
Bussard was awarded the 2006 Outstanding Technology of the Year Award by the International Academy of Science for this work
