Polywell update from May - sounds like things are going really well!

[joshcryer]

47. I'm aware of the aneutronic aspects of pB11. That doesn't change the fact that...

...it still has a similar proliferation profile of, eg, LFTR. It may even be higher given that it can produce MWs of neutrons in the right configuration. Both technologies would need regulation to maintain a non-proliferation profile.

Meanwhile, both technologies require as of now non-existent technologies for them to be effective. LFTR at least in theory already has a basic idea of how to go about it, with Polywell you have no clue of how to make an alpha absorber, and particularly how to remove the alphas before they go on to create the neutrons to begin with. (B11 + alpha = 14N)

And before you go on to say "you said thorium," I clearly, unambiguously, meant the most popular thorium approach. The other approaches are even less realistic given the problems associated with thorium production. If I said pB11 instead of Polywell most people would understand that to mean Polywell even though we have Focus Fusion and other exotic designs.