Show Lopa Utah IN THIS chamber DOUGHNUT-SHAPE- fdenUsti are trying to produce the same reaction by which the Sun and other itars generate their energy Electric coda on the outride generate a magnetic field which holdi a inilde If the tremendoudy hot electrified pa can be held long enough hydrogel atoma will fme into helium atom slowly releaiing tremendoua amounts of energy pi Confident Of Harnessing Hydrogen Bomb Energies u By Ed Edelsoa Universal Science News series of recent scientific advances has raised hopes that effort to harness the the reaction that creates the energy of the stars may be near success Estimates of when this first step toward the goal of cheap virtually unlimited and pollution-be- e power may be achieved range from within the next decade to by the turn of the century What scientists are trying to do is squeeze hydrogen atoms together to form helium atoms In theory the energy required to do this is far less that the energy released by the fusion Released violently and uncontrolled the energy provides the explosive force of" hydrogen " bombs Released more slowly it keeps the Sun burning providing the hut and energy without which no plant or animal on Earth could survive In a recent speech Dr Theos J Thompson head of the Atomic Energy Commission called the attainment of fusion power “the long-ransolution to the world’s need for energy" A form of hydrogen called deuterium bids the reaction and there is an unlimited supply of it in the world’s oceans Says Thompson: “Even if we burn only 1 per cent of the deuterium in the world's waters with only 10 per cent efficiency it would provide the world with enough energy for three million A ar 1 ge The Russians claim they have known the Baseball 2— put 100000 amperes of current because a magnetic field shaped into a large electric coil wrapped like the seam of a baseball holds around the chamber Current in the plasma— is not far behind the coil heats the plasma and “If those two experiments are generates a magnetic field tha': successful a major fusion exthe Russians say has held periment could come on line in 1975 or 1078 that would really test plasma for seven milliseconds of a the feasibility of the method" or second says Hirsch “We would hope to The first Soviet claims which get a thermonuclear energy involved a shorter confinement output that would put us on the period were greeted with threshold of a working power PEACH Juicy delicious California New Crop Navel Oranges US No 1 Washington Double Red or Extra Fancy Golden Delicious bakery ie ASSORTED DINNER ROLLS to e e e e RAISIN BREAD o e e 15 Ox o o a e Wh' seven-thousandt- hs scepticism by Free World system” scientists The nettled Soviet scientists quickly invited British scientists in to take a long look After months of work the British experts reported that the Soviet remits were actually better than had been announced Immediately the U A started on the construction of five Tokamaks The first to be activated has been operating at Princeton University since July to Princeton According scientist they have gotten more data from their Symmetric Tokamak as it it is called than the Soviets obtained from their machine But so far the Princeton Tokamak can only carry 5000(tampere plasma currents Half the current the Soviets say they are now using Tokamak A could go into operation by 1074 assuming that the results of second-generati- At the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico meanwhile a machine called the Stellac is about to begin a series of equally crucial tests By the latter part of 1972 it will be producing definitive information on the value of another method of confinement ' There are two basic types of magnetic confinement closed and open The 2X11 and Stellac are open devices The t - 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