Re: Hot Fusion

Bucephalis wrote:
> 
> Some years ago (2 or 3) I found a magazine on the newsstand that had an
> interesting article by a young man who built a small fusion reactor on
> his kitchen table. It was simple enough in concept and execution to be a
> good high school science project. Of course it didn't reach energy
> equality, but was an interesting illustration that very small reactors
> may be possible as a commercial endeavor. I know there is other research
> done on such small reactors, both fusion and fission, using not-so-heavy
> elements and fairly clean production of energy. Anyone keeping track of
> this?

Similar but (I guess) much more effective devices 
are fairly commonly sold under the name "neutron generators".

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