PROPOSAL
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT
LVPP - HANFORD NUCLEAR WASTE
A proposal was requested by the DOE Office of Environmental Management in May, 1999. A proposal
for a demonstration program for $72 million was submitted and was initially well received (See the
Economist article.) A series of conversations with the program manager included questions such as his
asking "If we support this, how will we justify our present chemical approach?" No funding developed.
Since then, the Archimede Group in San Diego received about $90 million in private industry funding for
a plasma mass filter process. It similarly met resistance by Hanford and is no longer in business.
The potential of a terrorist attack on the waste tanks at Hanford, presents unimaginable hazard for
Washington and the people in surrounding areas. (It was chilling to see a terrorist arrested on the
Canadian/Washington State border.)
We believe a compelling case can be made for solving this homeland security problem and providing a
safe, rapid means of removing the tank waste from the Hanford tanks and tremendously reducing the
amount of waste that needs to be sequestered.
Parties interested in pursuing this solution to the Hanford problem should contact us.
A proposal was requested by the DOE Office of Environmental Management in May, 1999. A proposal
for a demonstration program for $72 million was submitted and was initially well received (See the
Economist article.) A series of conversations with the program manager included questions such as his
asking "If we support this, how will we justify our present chemical approach?" No funding developed.
Since then, the Archimede Group in San Diego received about $90 million in private industry funding for
a plasma mass filter process. It similarly met resistance by Hanford and is no longer in business.
The potential of a terrorist attack on the waste tanks at Hanford, presents unimaginable hazard for
Washington and the people in surrounding areas. (It was chilling to see a terrorist arrested on the
Canadian/Washington State border.)
We believe a compelling case can be made for solving this homeland security problem and providing a
safe, rapid means of removing the tank waste from the Hanford tanks and tremendously reducing the
amount of waste that needs to be sequestered.
Parties interested in pursuing this solution to the Hanford problem should contact us.
FUSION TORCH CHALLENGE
We would like to establish a prize of $50 million to the person or organization that develops an
engineering plan for a fusion torch device that could credibly produce power and recycle pellets
of uranium oxide fuel and samples of municipal waste. The plan must include proof of principal
equipment and testing.
We would like to establish a prize of $50 million to the person or organization that develops an
engineering plan for a fusion torch device that could credibly produce power and recycle pellets
of uranium oxide fuel and samples of municipal waste. The plan must include proof of principal
equipment and testing.
FUSION TORCH II
We are collaborating with William C. Gough to write an update of the original Fusion Torch paper.
We are collaborating with William C. Gough to write an update of the original Fusion Torch paper.
LVPP THIN FILM PLASMA PROCESSOR
We have prepared a prototype proposal that requires $2.5 million in funding and are looking for a
corporate partner.
We have prepared a prototype proposal that requires $2.5 million in funding and are looking for a
corporate partner.
TSPS PROPOSALS
The capability of advanced numerical simulations has improved by a factor of more than 10,000
since the TSPS paper was written. Ming Xue, who helped modify the ARPS code for the TSPS ESA
paper has recently published increasingly explicit simulations. We would like to team with a university
of corporation to use this code or codes like it, to study the effect of microwave heating beams on
mesocyclones. We would also like to team with interested individuals who would like to study the
potential benefits of a dual use solar satellite. We would also like to team with individuals or
institutions that would like to design a feasibility experiment utilizing the solar panels on the
International Space Station as a power source to design a demonstration before the U. S. Shuttle
program is terminated.
The capability of advanced numerical simulations has improved by a factor of more than 10,000
since the TSPS paper was written. Ming Xue, who helped modify the ARPS code for the TSPS ESA
paper has recently published increasingly explicit simulations. We would like to team with a university
of corporation to use this code or codes like it, to study the effect of microwave heating beams on
mesocyclones. We would also like to team with interested individuals who would like to study the
potential benefits of a dual use solar satellite. We would also like to team with individuals or
institutions that would like to design a feasibility experiment utilizing the solar panels on the
International Space Station as a power source to design a demonstration before the U. S. Shuttle
program is terminated.