plasma jet Magneto Inertial Fusion (PJMIF)

Development of Practical Fusion Power; Plasma Jet Driven Magneto-Inertial Fusion introduction by T.D. Tamarkin; scientific contributors, S. C. Hsu, Ph.D., T. J. Awe, Ph.D., S. Brockington, Ph.D., A. Case, Ph.D., J. T. Cassibry, Ph.D., G. Kagan, Ph.D., S. J. Messer, Ph.D., M. Stanic, X. Tang, Ph.D., D. R. Welch, Ph.D., and F. D. Witherspoon, Ph.D. … Read more

Dr. Shalom Eliezer, Rehovot, Israel

Dr. Shalom Eliezer, Rehovot, Israel

Tom Tamarkin, CEO of EnergyCite and Dr. Shalom and Yaffa Eliezer discuss nuclear fusion energy at his home in Rehovot in 2012 Dr. Eliezer is a well-known professor and lecturer on fusion science in Europe and Israel. His wife Yaffa is the author of two fiction books published both in English and Hebrew. Dr. Shalom … Read more

Dr. Robert L. Hirsch on Oil and the Need to Create Future Synthetic Liquid and Gaseous Fuels & Reflections on Climate Change Policy

Dr. Robert L. Hirsch on Oil and the Need to Create Future Synthetic Liquid and Gaseous Fuels & Reflections on Climate Change Policy

Robert L. Hirsch, Ph.D., is a former senior energy program adviser for Science Applications International Corporation and is a Senior Energy Advisor at MISI and a consultant in energy, technology, and management. His primary experience is in research, development, and commercial applications. He has managed technology programs in oil and natural gas exploration and petroleum … Read more

Irvin Lindemuth, Ph.D.

Irvin Lindemuth, Ph.D.

Dr. Irvin Lindemuth is by many measures considered to be the “father” of the Magnetized Target branch of fusion energy research and proposed solutions to commercial power. Recognizing that the facility cost was a large component of the R&D cost which was the principal impediment to the progress of fusion development at the time, around … Read more

Robert J. Goldston

Robert J. Goldston

Robert J. Goldston Professor of Astrophysical Sciences goldston@pppl.gov 609-243-3550 BackStory with Joan Goldstein, 6.15 Inertial Confinement Fusion R&D and Nuclear Proliferation Education B.A., Physics, Harvard University, 1972 Ph.D., Astrophysical Sciences, Program in Plasma Physics, Princeton University, 1977 Research Interests I started my research career studying how plasmas are heated by energetic ions. I did experimental … Read more

Mike Dunne

Mike Dunne

Mike Dunne Director for Laser Fusion Energy, LLNL Professor Mike Dunne joined LLNL in 2010 as Director for Laser Fusion Energy. He is also the program director for high power laser development projects for international academic and industrial applications. His role has included leadership of the inertial fusion energy project designed to build from NIF … Read more