RE: Fusion reactor in basement?

["D'Aloisio, Marc" <Marc.DAloisio () ct gov>]

Actually, a hyperbolic chamber would be a comparatively easy project -
it could look something like a clamshell - one would only have to be
concerned about the focal points of the two hyperbolas, otherwise there
might be problems with sound, internal lighting, etc....

Or, if it did not turn out well, the second definition of hyperbolic:
"adj 1: enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "had an exaggerated (or
inflated) opinion of himself"; "a hyperbolic style" [syn: exaggerated,
inflated]" (from dictionary.com)

Sounds like the whole story is hyperbolic - OK - I'll stop.

Marc D'Aloisio, CISSP 
Security Analyst; Security Incident Response and Investigation


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> Subject: [funsec] Fusion reactor in basement?
>
>
> Of the various "infosec news" sources out there, I really 
> think very highly of the 
> Department of Homeland Security Daily Open Source 
> Infrastructure Report.  
> (Which I find surprisingly good, in view of light of some of 
> the other gaffes.)
>
> However, today I think the Mirror managed to catch them off guard:
>
> November 24, Mirror (UK) - Boy used parts bought on eBay to 
> build a nuclear 
> reactor at his home. A teenager has created a working nuclear 
> reactor in the 
> basement of his family home. Thiago Olson, 17, bought spare 
> parts on eBay and 
> persuaded manufacturers to give him discounts to create the 
> machine. It took 
> 1,000 hours over two years to build the fusion reactor, which 
> creates energy by 
> combining atoms. During the process, a 40,000-volt charge is 
> supplied from a 
> gutted mammogram scanner.  
>
> http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=boy-who-built-a-nuc
> lear-reactor-in-his-basement-%26method=full%26objectid=18150
> 199%26siteid=94762-name_page.html
>
> A working nuclear reactor, built in two years of part time 
> effort?  A *fusion* 
> reactor?  40,000 v can be generated with pretty much any 
> static generator, and 
> the "gutted mammogram scanner" is a nice comic touch.  (The 
> story goes on to 
> say that he originally wanted to build a "hyperbolic" chamber, 
> when the high 
> pressure oxygen device is actually known as a hyperbaric chamber.)
>
> Is November 24 some UK equivalent of April 1st?  Or has the 
> Mirror been had by 
> their own US correspondent?
>
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