Dr. Scott Hsu of Los Alamos National Laboratory Applying for ARPA-E funding for Fusion Energy Project

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December 26, 2014

Dr. Hsu with tour at LANL fusion project

Dr. Scott Hsu, Tom Tamarkin, & Jeremy Tamarkin flanked by two un-identified LANL project scientists, in Los Alamos National Laboratory PJMIF lab in front of experimental rector vessel.

Scott Hsu, Ph.D., of Los Alamos National Laboratory (P-24 Plasma Physics Group) has been encouraged by ARPA-E (under Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-00011841) to submit a proposal for funding to develop the spherically imploding plasma liners as a standoff-driver for Magnetic Inertial Fusion. The proposal will request approximately $8 million in funding from the government and requires a $2M cost share from private investors and/or industry. The $2M cost share may be comprised of a mix of in-kind hardware contributions and cash, with the exact amount of cash needed still to be determined. Final proposal documents must be submitted by January 26, 2015.

For information on how to participate please email tt@usclcorp.com.

To learn more about PJMIF follow this safe and secure on-site link.

To learn more about the Department of Energy & its OFES past negative role in non-“mainline fusion” approaches please see this Letter to Congress from Irvin Lindemuth, Ph.D., the world’s most authoritative researcher in Magnetized Target Inertial Fusion.

U.S. energy agency jumps into fusion funding

To see Dr. Lindemuth’s analysis of the PJMIF approach based on the spherically imploding plasma liners as a standoff-driver concept proposed by Dr. Hsu and his LANL team follow this link.

To see Dr. John Santarius review of the PJMIF concept based on the spherically imploding plasma liners as a standoff-driver work of Dr. Scott Hsu and his LANL team follow this link.

Follow this link to obtain the DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) Funding Opportunity No. DE-FOA-0001184, CFDA No. 81.135, Accelerating Low-Cost Plasma Heating & Assembly (ALPHA)

Follow this link to the Innovative Confinement and many resources on PJMIF

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