Monday, September 26, 2011

National Ignition Facility to go online

The Guardian notes that the very coolly named "National Ignition Facility" will be bringing online their Laser fusion power test facility.
The $3.5bn National Ignition Facility (NIF) sits in a 10-storey building covering three football fields and will harness the power of lasers to turn tiny pellets of hydrogen into thermonuclear energy. If the machine works as planned, it will become the first to generate more energy than it consumes, a feat that could pave the way for commercial laser fusion power stations and an end to the world's energy security problems.
 NIF's explanation on how it works is very interesting.


....  Now how could I rig a way to mount this on a sharks head....

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