14 year old builds working nuclear fusion reactor at home

[sid]

We need more kids like this instead of our large supply of burn-outs who sit around all day smoking pot.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/teen-builds-working-nuclear-fusion-reactor-in-memphis-home

[togor]

It is cool, thanks for posting, Sid. In the field there is an old saying, which is that "fusion is the energy of the future....and always will be!" The ITER experiment in France has a terrific web site but is in fact a monumental boondoggle. They're building the installation, while critical problems remain unsolved for decades. Project management advice: if your project plan calls for "solving a heretofore unsolvable technical problem on day X", then it probably isn't a very good plan.

Actually, there is an excellent fusion reactor available for us to use. It's called "the sun".

[dogtag]

Bridge for sale - cheap.

[Allen]

I have a book on how to make an atom bomb. When it got to the subject of obtaining uranium isotope 238 I lost interest.

[dogtag]

I have a book on how to make an atom bomb. When it got to the subject of obtaining uranium isotope 238 I lost interest.

ACE Hardware sells that stuff. I have some - it glows in the dark.
Handy when the power goes off.

[Major Tom]

I heard there's some in the Grand Canyon!

[Allen]

ACE Hardware sells that stuff. I have some - it glows in the dark.
Handy when the power goes off.

Sounds like Kraptonite.

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I heard there's some in the Grand Canyon!

I read about that. Stored in 5gal plastic buckets in a museum exposed to the public. Not real bright.