Natural Science Forum / Physics / Fusion / October 2004

New Energy Times is posting the U.S. DOE Review papers as they become
available.  The first paper is now available.  It's in Adobe PDF
format.  Lots of figures in it!
http://www.newenergytimes.com/reports/DOE/2004-DOE-Summary-Paper.pdf

But the stupid Russians destroyed it!

The fuel for a man made fusion reaction is based on deuterium and tritium.
http://www.pppl.gov/fusion_basics/pages/fusion_advantages.html
I understand that the deutrerium can be readily extracted from normal water
but the tritium seems a little more difficult to come by. From my ...

The DOE Cold Fusion review was scheduled to come out at the end of
September.  But, Dr. Decker at the DOE said some of the reviewers were
still compiling information.  He said the review should be released in
early October.  Any day now!

Hi group.
Been bouncing this one off a few people and so far, no reasons why it
won't work.
If you look at the "classic" fusor design, it relies on the presence

Thought that subject line would get your attention ^_^
I'm writing a sci-fi book in which one of the plot elements is a bunch
of aliens "modifying" a star to turn it from a G5 (yellow main seq)
into an M3 (red giant). In your humble opinions, what would be a

I thought that members of this group might be interested in a few news
items..
What new methods are being used to study cold fusion?
What historical trends are underway in the cold fusion field?