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The Navy appears to be saying "We liked what we saw and want further testing" on the existing WB7 platform. So they aren't building WB8 yet (whether that be a fullsize net-power or just something larger/different than WB7) but more testing is good. Dr. Nebel hasn't said anything about it on talk-polywell.org that I've seen, but I'll keep an eye out.

ETA: for those not in the know (yes, I'm looking at you McNutcase) here's an hour and a half long google talk by Dr. Bussard explaining his reactor: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1996321846673788606 and here's the wikipedia entry for the polywell fusion reactor

Fusion we can believe in?

Dr. Nebel is his usual cautious self, but the fact that they didn't disprove Bussard's work and want to build a bigger one is a Good Thing!

Talk-Polywell.org :: View topic - Found this during google search on Polywell Fusion

W00t!

I've been following the EMC2/Bussard/Polywell fusion stuff since I first saw the erronious reports about Gov. Ahnold funding them (2k6ish?) and watched Dr. Bussard's Google Talk.

I got hooked on the stuff and have been following MSimon's Power And Control blog and occasionally reading talk-polywell (both linked over there -->). However, things have been all but silent for the last couple months with the new WB7 experiment.

But they're done with the experiment now. Unfortunately Dr. Nebel is being typically tight-lipped about it, but I expect more info to be coming in over the next couple days.

MSNBC Cosmilog original article

MSimon's take


Things could be getting very interesting in the very near future.....

ETA: UF post (#1) UF post, post-rollover