SOCIAL: Cafe Scientifique - Tuesday 5/12 - Dr. Edward Moses - Atomic Fusion

Fri Apr 24 15:33:27 PDT 2009

Ok...I predict there will be some lively discussions at this one about 
"cold" fusion, even though that's not what this talk is about.  Stop by 
if you're interested.

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Subject: 	Cafe Scientifique - Tuesday 5/12 - Dr. Edward Moses - Atomic 
Fusion
Date: 	Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:49:29 -0700
From: 	John McIntosh <john.mcintosh at cafescisv.org>
To: 	'CafeSci Events' <events at cafescisv.org>

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*Come to SRI for a conversation with our next Café Scientifique speaker:*

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*/_Edward Moses, PhD_/**__*

Director of the National Ignition Facility

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

*Topic: Atomic Fusion***

*Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.*

*Location: **SRI Menlo Park* <http://www.sri.com/>**

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Nuclear fusion has long held the promise of a clean, safe, and plentiful 
energy source.  The sun produces heat and light from the atomic fusion 
of hydrogen atoms into helium atoms produced under extremely high heat 
and pressure inside the core.

Scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore 
National Laboratory just put the finishing touches on a $3 billion 
football-stadium-sized facility armed with 192 of the world's highest 
energy lasers.  Their hope is to focus these giant lasers onto a 
pea-sized fuel capsule, compressing and heating a small bit of frozen 
hydrogen inside.  They hope to match the heat and pressure conditions 
found at the sun's core, leading to atomic fusion and energy gain for 
the first time.

Ed Moses, NIF's director, will discuss NIF's technical capabilities, its 
role in the development of fusion energy, and the exciting new 
scientific opportunities it presents in astrophysics, material science, 
and other areas of high energy density science.  Ed will also preview 
the LIFE (Laser Inertial Fusion-Fission Energy) concept, a hybrid power 
plant that could provide a sustainable, carbon-free source of energy and 
has the potential to revolutionize our energy future.

Dr. Moses received his PhD in electrical engineering from Cornell 
University in 1977.  He has numerous publications and seven patents in 
laser technology and computational physics.  He is a Fellow of the 
American Association for the Advancement of Science and the California 
Council on Science and Technology.

*Fusion Links*:

·         KQED Quest produced a segment on the NIF featuring Dr. Moses 
and past Café speaker Richard Muller 
<http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1402414210&k=ZYFTZZR5P32DUCCASFV4X3X> 
/(link <http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/842>)/

·          "The Next Really Cool Thing" /(//link 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/opinion/15friedman.html?_r=1>//)/

·         PBS Newshour visits NIF and talks with Dr. Moses /(//link 
<http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module.html?mod=0&pkg=17032009&seg=4>//)/

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