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>>5896798
It's a fusion reactor, not a fusion bomb. I don't think that it can go supercritical that easily.

>>5896805

You're only digging yourself deeper into this buddy.

Remember, you don't have to say anything without a lawyer present.

Retired health physicist here,

Before you even start buying the parts, invest in a neutron detector with an in date calibration. A regular dosimeter is not good enough (but is also essential for Bremsstrahlung and gamma it will kick out). Also, bear in mind that tritium is really hard to detect so good ventilation is the order of the day (hydrogen is really good at penetrating 'gas tight' seals).

Neutron radiation is nasty shit, lead is surprisingly ineffective at stopping it. You'll want to alternate layers of lead with boronated polythene and watch out for things like wet brick reflecting stray neutrons back at you. Remember, dose is dependant on rate, proximity, shielding and exposure time. Also, a billion neutrons that eventually kill a shitty video camera (for monitoring) are worth one in the eye (cataracts)

>>5896827
wow, thanks for the info. I have a lot of reading to do, especially about the health risks.

I'll take eight.

>>5896834
No problem, from the opposite view, your neutron detector is also going to be essential to demonstrate that fusion is taking place.

Radiation isn't something to be feared, it's a risk that can be minimised like anything else, it's just a little harder to actually measure the risks.

>>5896805
>fusion reactor
>supercritical

lol. Underage /b/an for OP plz

>>5896864
I'm 18. Have an April birthday and my parents had me go to school a year late.

>>5896864
Precisely, fusion reactors are incapable of uncontrolled super criticality (unless you count a Teller-Ulam device as a fusion reactor)

>>5896798
mother-fucker, i'm planning to do exactly the same thing. If many people do it it'll seem less impressive. So i recommend you stand back and let pro's handle this shit

It's been done already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOSV9VjB3EQ

He's younger and smarter than you.

>>5896798

>easy to follow instructions?

lol'd. GL getting materials.

Just create a frictionless engine or something.

>>5896838
>Radiation isn't something to be feared, it's a risk that can be minimised like anything else, it's just a little harder to actually measure the risks.
i love you

yes begin with the sun, add poster board sign stating "anon's fusion gadget" and in for the win.

>>5896798
You should ask Taylor Wilson and Conrad Farnsworth what to do and ask Richard Handl what not to do.

>>5897053
>that pic
The amount of asian power is over [(9)1000]

>>5897549

this is only a Ping Pong amateur crew. Seriously good luck being white at MIT.

>good place to start

wjscience.com

>>5897465
>>5896838

If you are planning on working with radiation, you should be scared to death. It's not something you should take lightly for fear of getting careless.

They aren't particular at all if mummy and daddy have enough money.

>>5896827
>Retired health physicist here
Can you tell me more about this profession? I really never heard of it. Sounds sort of interesting.

>>5897560
>asians
fun fact, Oxbridge are like 80%+ white

Everybody's doing fusion on the desktop.

If you want to distinguish yourself, make a fission reactor.

>>5896798
Instructables. I'm not even kidding.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Fusion-Reactor/

>>5896827
Objection!
Cataracts are not the real concern here, that damage is to the surface of the eye and sometimes the lens, they can usually be treated a few times before real damage. The issues is that at those energy it can easily reach the rods and cones directly damaging the inner workings of the eye, think permanent blindness.
Still better to sacrifice replaceable video cameras then your eyes.

>>5899748
It's not like he'll be able to pull a vacuum capable of making a fusor actually carry out fusion. It's almost certain that it'll only create a superheated plasma that glows and looks cool. Still wouldn't recommend looking directly at it, if you do I'd advise you to wear some UV-proof glasses.

>>5899704

do you make or buy The Vacuum Chamber?

and holy crap, going to see if legit.

>>5896798
If you want to impress anyone then go build a tokamak in your garage. Hobbyist fusion reactors don't impress anymore.

>>5899855
In your honest opinion, would that be possible?

also, tell me about those, i don't quite fully understand them and how their design is relevant to how it works

>>5899668
google, pleb

>>5896798
Yes, a good start would be to visit a website for people under 18

>>5899704
It's pretty amazing that it's on Insructables.

>>5899855
Stop giving away my ideas!!! I've already started, i have a 2.1 tesla field in the center of the tokamak just from the toroidal field when at optimum power (according to preliminary tests) but i'm gonna amp up the current next week which should be reflected in the strength of the field. Once i have found the optimum current to get 10 - 15 T then i will inject the deuterium/helium -3/ Tritium mixture and begin heating. Also neutron protection i have coated the interior with a beryllium and lithium mix, this will cause the more dangerous high energy neutrons to be reflected back into the plasma giving some of its kinetic energy to the plasma thus heating it and the lithium should breed tritium.

>>5896798

Go with cold fusion. you only need a few thousand dollars worth of iridium and a heavy duty step up transformer

>>5899780
It's really not that hard.

>>5900430
HAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH :D LOL
>2013 and still believing in cold fusion, gtfo of a science board, like now.