Fusion Scientists See Progress as Obama Shows No Ardor

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Edward Moses, the principal associate director for the NIF and Photon Science Directorate, wants to harness that energy for practical uses. He says Livermore could join with private companies to build an electricity-producing fusion power plant eight to 12 years after the NIF achieves ignition. Detractors say cost estimates are meaningless because they involve technologies not yet invented.

Moses is destroying his credibility,says Burton Richter, a retired Stanford University physics professor. Moses counters that people warned him about the impossibilities of just getting the NIF off the ground.

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