LIFE: Laser Initial Fusion Energy System

May 13, 2009 - Ed Moses, principal associate director of the National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discusses current laser inertial fusion energy technology and its potential to scale up to nationwide energy production in the next 10 years. The Energy Seminar meets during the academic year on Wednesdays, 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. For a listing of upcoming Energy Seminar talks, please visit the events listing at the Woods Institute for the Environment website.

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[agapitoflores001]

LIFE is great! La Vita Y Bella!

[LionineRoar]

if the containment fails for any reason the entire state of California would have been obliterated, They're idiots, have we developed some materials I don't know about that can sustain the heat of a fusion reaction? Are they super cooling? Ummm... why is this project not in Alaska, California is a very hot state you want to keep a nuclear heat contained in this place that would be desert if not for the Bay? Lunacy.

[mladhja]

@lordblazer they use nuclear fission, not fusion...

[gugeyewalker]

Anyone know if this research has gone forward? Its been about a year.  Thank you.

[lordblazer]

@allgoo19

I live in the US you moron. You're fragmenting an issue and presenting as a complete argument. That's a fallacy. It isn't witty, and anyone with some intelligence can easily sniff it out.Obesity certainly is a health issue,but seeing that you haven't been to any very well polluted, or unsanitary places.There is in fact reasons why clean air is linked to better health. clean air doesn't fix obesity but clean air keeps your cardio vascular system quite healthy/ therefore promotes health

[allgoo19]

@lordblazer

"yea by improving the air quality you improve .."

Then you should come to US and see how many of them are over weight, having heart problem, knee problems.

You can't keep those away just by breathing clean air.

[lordblazer]

@soylentgreenb

most developed countries use nuclear fusion for energy, or hydroelectricity... I dunno exactly, but some use fossil fuels, but not to the extent of the US. I'm in OK, and this state uses coal for electricity while all of its neighboring states use nuclear fusion.

[lordblazer]

@allgoo19

yea by improving the air quality you improve human health. You're super american maybe that's why its hard for you to understand.. Go live in Beijing for a month, and you will see what I mean. They're still trying to find out what the long term effects are in beijing for exposure to such high levels of pollution. and yes I've traveled around China believe it or not Beijing was considered clean when I got there, and my snot was black by the end of the wk being there. not fun :( >:\

[BuzzDyou]

Learn to read doublenaught spy.. Prof. Moses lecture is initial as the title so obviously states. By the way in case you don't know...LASER stands for Light Amplification of Stimulated Emissions of

Radiation. So how would it have anything to do with "inertial" ?! Hmmmm???

[maulcs]

excellent