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  1. September 17th, 2003, 09:42 AM #1
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    Freshman's nuclear fusion reactor

    Thought this was interesting, if you havnt alread seent he article on slashdot

    http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,510054502,00.html
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  2. September 17th, 2003, 10:21 AM #2
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    I only hope he uses his powers for good
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  3. September 17th, 2003, 11:06 AM #3
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    eheh, yeah
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  4. September 17th, 2003, 11:24 AM #4
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    Oh my

    Made from junk.....
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  5. September 17th, 2003, 11:35 AM #5
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    Old news....

    Back in the early 1980's there was an article in Analog magazine entitled "Build your own A-Bomb and wake up the Neighborhood".

    Detailed instructions on how to put together a small (relatively) device capable of devastating an area the size of two or three football fields...needed 2 8-lb hemispheres of U-235 to create the necessary critical mass.

    Of course, the method of obtaining the U-235 was left to the reader; the article then went on to say how futile it would be to break into a nuclear reactor facility, then once you got in, how would you get the stuff out?

    Then again, wasn't it researchers in Utah that also came up with the "cold fusion" hype years ago? (EDIT: I just read the rest of the article....yep!)
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  6. September 17th, 2003, 11:43 AM #6
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    This is very interesting! The caption underneath the photograph states...

    Spanish Fork High graduate Craig Wallace shows off his nuclear fusion reactor, based on the plans of Utah's own Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of TV.

    And here's me thinking television was invented by John Logie Baird
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  7. September 17th, 2003, 01:14 PM #7
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    They found a neutron detector in an Idaho Falls scrap metal yard.
    Yeah - I have dozens of those lying around the shop and basement.

    All in all though, that kid is going places.
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  8. September 17th, 2003, 01:42 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by a d e p t
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    All in all though, that kid is going places.
    Yeah, right to the top of the CIA's most watched list!
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  9. September 17th, 2003, 01:56 PM #9
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    "They found a broken turbo molecular pump lying forgotten at Deseret Industries." Funny how those always show up at the Mormon equivalent of the Salvation Army thrift shop....

    "Too poor to buy pricey deuterium gas, Craig bought a container of deuterium oxide, or heavy water, for 20 bucks" I'd love to know where in Utah they have heavy water.....even the Salt Lake's a bit dry in the deuterium department!

    And considering that this kid's a freshman, that leads me to believe he began the project while he was still a sophomore in high school?!?!?!?!?
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