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arethuza on June 23, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Extreme DIY: Building a homemade nuclear reactor i...

Well, unless the concept of the Farnsworth Fusor is complete BS (IANAP!) it looks reasonably plausible (if rather unlikely to achieve break even or better).

As long as what they are doing is reasonably safe I would applaud these people for trying, it's not like they are taking billions of dollars from taxpayers to pay for this stuff.

GFischer on June 23, 2010 [–]

Thanks, I wish the BBC had added that part (though the article does explain that it takes more energy than it generates).

Here's a simple explanation for non-phycisists: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-farnsworth-fusor.htm

arethuza on June 23, 2010 | [–]

Making a fusor looks like a pretty interesting project:

http://brian-mcdermott.com/what_it_takes.htm

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