Amateur Scientists Seek Fusion Reaction

ElvaWSJ writes "A small subculture of amateur physicists and science-fiction fans — fewer than 100 worldwide — are building working nuclear-fusion reactors at home. The designs are based on the work of Philo T. Farnsworth, an inventor of television, from the 1960s. Some of these hobbyists hope similar reactors can one day power the planet, but so far they consume more energy than they create."

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Re:Good grief...

[Cochonou]

This quote is surprising. Go tell people living around La Hague that radioactivity waste can be easily disposed or recycled. This also seems to keep silent the existence of long-lived (but weakly radioactive) nuclear waste.