Nuclear Fusion XXI: NIF-ty Business
The National Ignition Facility is, to date, the largest inertial confinement fusion experiment ever developed - and carried with it a huge amount of hope and hype that breakeven might be reached with ...
4 Juli 201919min
Nuclear Fusion XX: Halite/Centurion and Secret Codes
Inertial confinement fusion has a secret weapon - after all, it's just a scaled-down hydrogen bomb, which gives us hope that it might not be too difficult to fuse fuel under these conditions. This was...
27 Juni 201919min
Free Energy Scams Part II Premium Episode
Released as a special treat/taster of what Patreon backers get.
27 Juni 201936min
Nuclear Fusion XIX: Cold Comfort
In this episode, we cover one of the biggest scientific scandals in history: the tragic, tawdry tale of Fleischmann, Pons, and "Cold Fusion". www.physicspodcast.com @physicspod
20 Juni 201950min
BONUS: Description of a JET Pulse
A step by step description of an experiment run at JET, with information from the Culham Website (CCFE). www.physicspodcast.com @physicspod
13 Juni 201910min
Nuclear Fusion XVIII: From JET to ITER
We discuss the Joint European Torus - the most successful tokamak fusion reactor to date, and the source of a great deal of our knowledge about the outer limits of performance for magnetic confinement...
6 Juni 201933min
Nuclear Fusion XVII: Penthouse Fusion
This episode, we're looking into one of the most bizarre fusion episodes in its long and storied history. Yes, it's that time a new experimental tokamak fusion reactor was funded almost entirely by po...
30 Maj 201926min
Nuclear Fusion XVI: The Big Three Tokamaks
At the start of the tokamak revolution, there was a huge proliferation of different designs for tokamaks from universities and establishments around the world - but gradually, as it became clear that ...
23 Maj 201928min
