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Is NIF even a "fake fusion energy program"? TFA specifically mentions their goal of simulating fusion detonations in nuclear weapons.
by wffurr 5y ago
Is NIF even a "fake fusion energy program"? TFA specifically mentions their goal of simulating fusion detonations in nuclear weapons.
- leephillips 5y agoYeah, but they regularly send out press releases gushing about the energy application. This helps with Congressional funding. Here is the head of the NNSA, the funding agency for the NIF, quoted in the fine article: “It also offers potential new avenues of research into alternative energy sources that could aid economic development and help fight climate change” That’s some finely tuned BS right there.