Update on General Fusion

General Fusion is nearing significant milestones. General Fusion’s Approach is Magnetized target fusion (MTF). Magnetized target fusion is a hybrid between magnetic fusion and inertial confinement fusion. In MTF, a compact toroid, or donut-shaped magnetized plasma, is compressed mechanically by an imploding conductive shell, heating the plasma to fusion conditions. General Fusion has a full-scale …

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Ohio Replacement SSBN[X] Ballistic Missile Submarine

The U.S. Navy operates three kinds of submarines—nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs), nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines (SSGNs), and nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). The SSNs and SSGNs are multi-mission ships that perform a variety ofpeacetime and wartime missions. They do not carry nuclear weapons. The Ohio replacement program (ORP) is a program to design and build …

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China approving new domestic nuclear reactor projects and gearing up for nuclear exports

1. China approved construction of its first nuclear power project since the Fukushima disaster in Japan almost four years ago brought the program to a standstill. China’s State Council gave the go-ahead on Feb. 17 to begin building two new reactors at China General Nuclear Power Group’s Hongyanhe plant in the country’s northeast. Nuclear power …

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CRISPR gene editing progressing to germ line genetic editing and the application for intelligence enhancement

Harvard’s Luhan Yang described a human germline genetic editing experiment. Researchers hoped to obtain, from a hospital in New York, the ovaries of a woman undergoing surgery for ovarian cancer, caused by a mutation in a gene called BRCA1. Working with another Harvard laboratory, that of antiaging specialist David Sinclair, they would extract immature egg …

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Google is working on nanoparticle for finding cancer and fake skin for testing communication

Hidden away inside a world-class life sciences lab on Google’s campus, doctors are trying to change the way people think about their health. Google has been working on magnetic nanoparticles that would seek out cancer cells in the bloodstream and report back to a smart wristband. Google is using light signals to talk to the …

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How much US Emissions Improvements were from natural gas, nuclear, renewables and efficiency

US greenhouse gas emissions have gone down to below the level they were at in 1997 which met the Kyoto agreement. This happened even though the US did not sign the Kyoto agreement. Energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas that is widely believed to contribute to global warming, have fallen 12% between 2005 …

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Dwave Systems and Google are trying to find Quantum Supremacy

Dwave Systems has known for about three years that is substantial quantum entanglement in their systems. They have been able to show this entanglement on much larger systems [than a recently publish 8 qubit result] and obtained similar results. So Dwave Systems knows there is substantial entanglement in these types of systems. Right now they …

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The USA, Canada, Brazil and Other Countries will also have to rebalance their economies

China’s new leadership is trying to create a shift in its economy from low-wage, investment-driven growth to a consumer economy driven by domestic demand and when that change happens, the rest of the world will have to change too. That’s the message Stephen Roach is trying to deliver, with some urgency, in his book Unbalanced: …

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