I have been blogging this week about experimental fusion reactors. I got excited reading about the Bussard Polywell reactor. It has three excellent features. Based on hydrogen and boron-11 fuel, it does not consume radioactive fuel, it does not produce neutrons during operation and it does not produce radioactive waste.
I have been posting lately about nuclear fusion reactors. I have not covered them before in my blog because I did not feel that there were any fusion projects that could possibly be turned into commercial energy sources for decades. There is an old joke that nuclear fusion is forty years away, always. Nuclear fusion just seemed to absorb billions of dollars but like the end of the rainbow it just kept receding as you approached it.
I have been blogging about alternate approaches to nuclear fusion power reactors. If the scientists are able to create a working fusion reactor that can generate more energy that it consumes, it could be revolutionary for the power industry. Fusion reactors are generally designed to consume ions like hydrogen, deuterium, tritium and/or boron for fuel. Some produce fast neutrons but some don't.
