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Pantagruel

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Reply to GenXer47 (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2022, 05:52 PM

Dec 2022

LLNL is both seeking the "ignition" AND using the facility to safely test the functionality of our nuclear armaments without having to set off underground tests.

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Bigger picture Pantagruel Dec 2022 #1

No one knows how to do that Effete Snob Dec 2022 #2

cool device! GenXer47 Dec 2022 #5

Hero's Engine Effete Snob Dec 2022 #8

It's a science experiment, not a power plant. cos dem Dec 2022 #3

You start out assuming context and then you proceed to a massive misunderstanding Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #4

lots to unpack there but the tritium is running out anyway GenXer47 Dec 2022 #7

Interesting article. Thank you. Breeder fusion and D-Boron reactors sound very interesting Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2022 #11

Even if tritium mining on the moon works BadgerKid Dec 2022 #12

Because we're at least decades away from it being good enough to use CloudWatcher Dec 2022 #6

Yep Effete Snob Dec 2022 #9

I wish it were all that simple Warpy Dec 2022 #10