Lockheed announces major breakthrough in nuclear fusion

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Lockheed announces major breakthrough in nuclear fusion — RT USA

Screenshot from YouTube user LockheedMartinVideos

Reuters on Wednesday, McGuire told reporters that Skunk Works has already successfully shown the company can build a 100-megawatt reactor that measures seven by 10 feet, or around 10 times smaller than what is currently available. Next, the Lockheed division wants to have a prototype ready within five years and then, within ten years, have the unit ready to be deployed.

“A small reactor could power a US Navy warship,” Andrea Shalal wrote for Reuters, “and eliminate the need for other fuel sources that pose logistical challenges.”

The energy created through nuclear fusion can be up to four-times more powerful that the energy released by fission, Lockheed claims on its website, and a small-enough reactor like the one being developed now by Skunk Works could provide enough power for a town of 100,000 people, according to the contractor.

Screenshot from YouTube user LockheedMartinVideos

“To mimic the energy created by the sun and control it here on earth, we’re creating a concept that can be contained using a magnetic bottle. The bottle is able to handle extremely hot temperatures, reaching hundreds of millions of degrees. By containing this reaction, we can release it in a controlled fashion to create energy we can use,” Lockheed explains on its own site. “The heat energy created using this compact fusion reactor will drive turbine generators by replacing the combustion chambers with simple heat exchangers. In turn, the turbines will then generate electricity or the propulsive power for a number of applications.”

If successful, Lockheed’s latest effort “could change civilization as we know it,” Gizmodo predicted on Wednesday, by giving the world a portable power source unlike anything already available.

“It’s one of the reasons we think it is feasible for development and future economics,” Skunk Work’s McGuire told Aviation Week recently with regards to the reactor’s size. “Ten times smaller is the key. But on the physics side, it still has to work, and one of the reasons we think our physics will work is that we’ve been able to make an inherently stable configuration.”

 

[WishLivePak]

Nuclear for night and solar for day time will be great for future

 

[indoPunjabi]

I'd want one in my backyard sick of high electricity bills lol

 

[PeaceGen]

Nuclear for night and solar for day time will be great for future

You don't get it

Nuclear fusion is the last powersource we'll ever need, replacing all other powersources which become utterly cumbersome/polluting in comparison.

Nuclear fusion does not explode when you sabotage it, it produces no radioactive waste or waste materials of any kind, and it apparently very soon (<10 years, hopefully) scales quite well, a reactor of 7 by 10 feet(!!!) producing 100 megawatt of energy(!!!)..

This is a very big deal. I wish the ones involved the very best of luck.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Just the right sized for ISIS and Co

 

[WishLivePak]

You don't get it

Nuclear fusion is the last powersource we'll ever need, replacing all other powersources which become utterly cumbersome/polluting in comparison.

Nuclear fusion does not explode when you sabotage it, it produces no radioactive waste or waste materials of any kind, and it apparently very soon (<10 years, hopefully) scales quite well.

This is a very big deal. I wish the ones involved the very best of luck.

What did I not get? It was simple comment.

 

[PeaceGen]

What did I not get? It was simple comment.

You proposed solar power for the daytime. With fusion, that's no longer needed.

 

[WishLivePak]

You proposed solar power for the daytime. With fusion, that's no longer needed.

cool

 

[Skull and Bones]

Nuclear for night and solar for day time will be great for future

Nuclear for day-night, it is not efficient to shut the reactor.

 

[PeaceGen]

Just the right sized for ISIS and Co

that won't be a problem. ISIS can't get their hands on that heavy weapons, much like they can't get their hands on nuclear weapons. It's well-policed.

@WebMaster please pin this post...

 

[TheMatador]

LOL they are looking for funding from gullible investors. Fusion is always "five to ten years away."

 

[jerry_tan]

Did 1970 Lockhead skunk works bring us SR-71 black bird the fastest manned plane until this time and how about 1980's technology F117 first stealth fighter

 

[narcon]

Did 1970 Lockhead skunk works bring us SR-71 black bird the fastest manned plane until this time and how about 1980's technology F117 first stealth fighter

Yes skunk work did..

 

[Aepsilons]

Lockheed announces major breakthrough in nuclear fusion — RT USA


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Reuters on Wednesday, McGuire told reporters that Skunk Works has already successfully shown the company can build a 100-megawatt reactor that measures seven by 10 feet, or around 10 times smaller than what is currently available. Next, the Lockheed division wants to have a prototype ready within five years and then, within ten years, have the unit ready to be deployed.



The energy created through nuclear fusion can be up to four-times more powerful that the energy released by fission, Lockheed claims on its website, and a small-enough reactor like the one being developed now by Skunk Works could provide enough power for a town of 100,000 people, according to the contractor.



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Screenshot from YouTube user LockheedMartinVideos





If successful, Lockheed’s latest effort “could change civilization as we know it,” Gizmodo predicted on Wednesday, by giving the world a portable power source unlike anything already available.

Excellent! Go Team USA!

 

[PeaceGen]

LOL they are looking for funding from gullible investors. Fusion is always "five to ten years away."

Ah, but when Lockheed and Skunk Works claim it, it's an entirely different deal Believable