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Fusion Electric Propulsion

Paper by David Froning and Robert Bussard proposing inertial electrostatic confinement for hypersonic flight using aneutronic fuels like Boron-11.

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David Froning, Robert Bussard

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China Tokamaks

The researcher says China, at Hefei, is building tokamaks of the kind his team studied 20 years ago, and that for all he knows people elsewhere without America's 'mental constraints' will beat the US to fusion.

Desalination One Twentieth Cost Global Economic

Desalination one twentieth cost global economic stability OPEC elimination third world sugar cane ethanol profits

Neutronic Fusion

Neutronic fusion reactions yield charged particle products no radiation hazards energetic neutrons super clean radioactivity zero massive mass shield proton boron11 proton lithium6 helium3

Proton Boron 11 Radiation Free Fusion

Boron 11 plus proton carbon 12 excited decays beryllium plus helium two more helium 10 minus 13 seconds no neutrons radiation free

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