Magnetic fusion reactor

December 5th, 2007

Robert W. Brussard was assistant director at the Atomic Energy Commission in the 70s. He had an interesting idea for alternative to fossil fuels - “inertial electrostatic confinement”. Essentially, electrons are shot into a magnetic prison until fusion occurs:

I’ve no idea if it’s feasible, but it seems pretty neat.

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