Taylor Wilson was 14 when he built a nuclear fusion reactor in his parents’ garage. Now 19, he returns to the TED stage to present a new take on an old topic: fission. Wilson, who has won backing to create a company to realize his vision, explains why he’s so excited about his innovative design for small modular fission reactors — and why it could be the next big step in solving the global energy crisis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HL1BEC024g

Most interesting …..

Spiny Norman said:

Taylor Wilson was 14 when he built a nuclear fusion reactor in his parents’ garage. Now 19, he returns to the TED stage to present a new take on an old topic: fission. Wilson, who has won backing to create a company to realize his vision, explains why he’s so excited about his innovative design for small modular fission reactors — and why it could be the next big step in solving the global energy crisis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HL1BEC024g

Most interesting …..

A fusion reactor in his parents back hard eh?

I’m not going to do the You-tube, because it often crashed my little computer. But alarm bells ring.

A 14 year-old building a fusion reactor?

Seems an implausible thing to do in the parents garage. How did he contain (and/or harness) the energy? Where did he get the deuterium or tritium?

Michael V said:

I’m not going to do the You-tube, because it often crashed my little computer. But alarm bells ring.

A 14 year-old building a fusion reactor?

Seems an implausible thing to do in the parents garage. How did he contain (and/or harness) the energy? Where did he get the deuterium or tritium?

Settle, it was only a Farnsworth Fusor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farnsworth_fusor

Spiny Norman said:

Michael V said:

I’m not going to do the You-tube, because it often crashed my little computer. But alarm bells ring.

A 14 year-old building a fusion reactor?

Seems an implausible thing to do in the parents garage. How did he contain (and/or harness) the energy? Where did he get the deuterium or tritium?

Settle, it was only a Farnsworth Fusor.

.

OK, I have settled.

Michael V said:

Spiny Norman said:

Michael V said:

I’m not going to do the You-tube, because it often crashed my little computer. But alarm bells ring.

A 14 year-old building a fusion reactor?

Seems an implausible thing to do in the parents garage. How did he contain (and/or harness) the energy? Where did he get the deuterium or tritium?

Settle, it was only a Farnsworth Fusor.

.

OK, I have settled.

phew!

looks like something you could power a small spacecraft with

looks like something you could power a small spacecraft with

wookiemeister said:

looks like something you could power a small spacecraft with

or not

it consumes more power than it puts out

its a toy

if those electrons are being reclaimed by slowing them down and sending them back to the centre , it makes me wonder if x-rays are being radiated at that point assuming that the deceleration is rapid?