Comments on: Street Corner Science with Leon Lederman - Pt. 2

By: Unmanaged

Unmanaged — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:26:17 +0000

Great work… I have a a few questions myself…. Keep this going ….

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:20:24 +0000

This is a beautiful project, please keep this going.

By: AIOOF

AIOOF — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:36:19 +0000

Sure, wrap a 200 MW Tokamak fusion reactor in a subcritical fission blanket and you can get harnessable energy out of the configuration. Could even use a molten salt blanket for online refueling, burn transuranics from current spent reactor fuel, and be inherently safe.

By: Street Corner Science with Leon Lederman Pt.1 | ScienCentral

Street Corner Science with Leon Lederman Pt.1 | ScienCentral — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:01:37 +0000

[...] by Toni Subklewe | August 21st, 2008 | Published in All, Environment, Physics & Space Share Post: digg_bgcolor = ‘#cccccc’; digg_skin = ‘compact’; digg_window = ‘new’; | | Stumble | ARTICLEURL | SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Street Corner Science with Leon Lederman - Pt. 1″, url: “http://www.sciencentral.com/video/2008/08/21/street-corner-science-with-leon-lederman/” }); ScienCentral is taking science to the people in its first installment of “Street Corner Science,” a radical-yet-simple concept in which a film crew and a renowned scientist are plunked down on a busy city street corner, and an impromptu Q&A session with the public ensues. This video is the first of two “Street Corner Science” segments featuring Dr. Lederman; be sure to check out Part 2 here! [...]

By: fuzzyleaves

fuzzyleaves — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:42:17 +0000

I think that fusion in our life time is possible. If people just worked hard enough we could invent a way of using fusion, and just not fission.

By: fluidfilm

fluidfilm — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:21:32 +0000

The U.S. zeroing out funding for ITER (an international project to build an experimental fusion reactor) is a disappointing mark on our commitment to participate in important joint technological solutions, a strategy that is compromising our economy and security in the satellite-building business. (See http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story...) On the bright side, there is continuing fusion energy research going on, and some alternative approaches may be promising. Harnessing fusion is a huge, long-term, forward-thinking project which could revolutionize power generation. But considering we haven't bothered to improve fuel efficiency in our cars for the past 3 decades, maybe we're just not so good at planning ahead.

By: Mediamama

Mediamama — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:20:03 +0000

Smart people make hard things sound so easy…