Vlad Dmitrievich
Thiago Olson settled to build a challenging science project; a small nuclear reactor.
Two years ago, he had limited space in his garage, limited funds, little engineering know-how and limited supplies.
After all, he was only 15. Olson did a year of research, accompanying a club of less than 20 unprofessional in the world who are familiar to have designed a fusion, a tabletop machines that melt atoms to produce energy.
There are no danger of a mushroom cloud. The machine builds barely enough energy to heat a cup of coffee, and radiation experts in Michigan (where Olson lives) have already confirmed its safe.
How was it done?
Olson studied vacuum-pump manufacturers manuals, pored over graduate-level physics textbooks, and scoured the Web for low-cost parts.
Though mostly self-taught, he occasionally asked for advice on a fusion Web site. Once, he put up photos of a reasonable photomultiplier tube he´d bought on the web because he had no idea how to rig it up.
Another fusioneer on the website who had the same model directly told him which wires went where.
Amateur nuclear engineers seem like a helpful group. Now, his machines up and running, Olson has turned to an even larger challenge: college applications.
1. Two vacuum pumps suck air out of the central chamber, leaving a near-total vacuum. Loose atoms in here interfere with fusion and lower yield.
2. The chamber is filled with deuterium and jolted with about 45,000 volts of electricity. A negatively charged grid of thin steel wires attracts the now-positive particles, sometimes causing them to collide.
3. Colliding particles fuse to form helium-3. The resulting neutron emission is measured, proving that fusion occurred.
Source:
http://altering-perspectives.com
He should have done something useful, practical and new – built a LENR machine. A simple nano-nickel/hydrogen set up would have been good.