Fusion: Stars, the Sun and on Earth

Feb 12, 2023 starting back at this, just a couple of links

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fusion_experiments

see projects and organizations this site frozen in 2021 but still good list https://www.fusionenergybase.com/

Why fusion is closer than you think  https://youtu.be/yNP8by6V3RA

Below is 2021

I am intending this to become a home page for FUSION: my explorations, sharing of ideas, and links to some of the most relevant current research projects. I will be providing simple explanations of how fusion occurs in our Sun and for each of the current fusion research programs listed below, and then into deeper explanations.

• how it occurs naturally within our Sun and other stars
  • see another page https://davebright55.com/fusion-within-stars/
• past experiments completed on Earth to date
• current research/experiments:
  • ITER  (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) https://www.iter.org/
    • https://www.iter.org/news/videos
  • NIF (National Ignition Facility)
    • I talked with the team in Washington DC at 2010 PMI project management symposium after they received a PMI award for project of the year
    • https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/what-is-nif
  • General Fusion  – Vancouver BC company with revolutionary prototype
    • https://generalfusion.com/
    • https://youtu.be/RyiweeBegF4 Microsoft software for analysis of test fusion
  • Lockheed Martin
    • https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/compact-fusion.html
  • General Atomics DIII-D San Diego: (found this one on Tumblr Jan 28, 2021)
    • https://www.ga.com/magnetic-fusion/diii-d
      
• I have my own idea that involves injecting tritium-deuterium into a vacuum chamber that is then zapped with lasers in a quickly repeated process (say 30 per second). NIF took too long to reload and too hard to line up! The X-Y coordinate line-up uses the xxxxx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun

pitfalls of fusion

Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be