Our work has just been selected as a Department of Energy highlight! The project actually started with internal company resources and made it all the way to application. Also, they list me as the contact ?
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Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 106 of 320: we have said goodbye to our 2018 SULI students. It’s impressive how much they can achieve in only 9 weeks. I guess that’s what intelligence + unlimited energy can do!
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 102 of 320: Physics Today has a neat article about Quantum Calorimeters, which are devices that can measure the energy imparted into a detector by a single photon with high accuracy. Our Livermore Lab colleagues are actually building one for DIII-D, but it will not be installed during this […]
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 96 of 320: discovering that the limiting factor in how much work can be completed is our ability to pound through Design Reviews. Endless Meetings! ?
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 94 of 320: the neutralizer and ion dump have been reinstalled in the beam. I had to go back a month to find a photo of this setup without those components.
Making Our Fusion Reactor Better, day 92 of 320: there are so many new pipes and plumbing fixtures being installed in the machine hall that we are having design reviews solely to review their layout. I hope we never need that fire suppression to activate, but I’m glad it’s top-notch!