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2005-07-28 Home Front: Tech

Scientists Conduct Powerful Experiment at Nevada Test Site

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-07-28 09:56|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Eeexcellent. Now let's install this baby in a big round space station and terrorize the galaxy!

Posted by BH 2005-07-28 10:04|| 2005-07-28 10:04|| Front Page Top

#2 During the few millionths of a second that it operated, the 650-ton Atlas pulsed-power generator discharged nearly 19 million amps of current through an aluminum cylindrical shell about the size of a tuna can...

spraying the lab with vaporized tuna.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-07-28 10:21|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-07-28 10:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Nah, it'd certainly be atomized tuna! Or maybe quarkized?

Posted by Bobby 2005-07-28 10:42|| 2005-07-28 10:42|| Front Page Top

#4 19 million amps of current ...

Yeah baby... Now we get to use this on those Magic Mullah Meetings in Saudi Arabia and Iran, and turn those terrorists into Carbon ash with impurities (I'm sure the Mullahs have a lot of gold teeth)

No radioactive aftermath...

Posted by BigEd 2005-07-28 11:02|| 2005-07-28 11:02|| Front Page Top

#5 19 millio amps, that baby definitely goes to "11"

Posted by bk 2005-07-28 12:13|| 2005-07-28 12:13|| Front Page Top

#6 19 million amps, that baby definitely goes to "11"

Posted by bk 2005-07-28 12:13|| 2005-07-28 12:13|| Front Page Top

#7 I would suggest that any nuclear weapon that you run 19 millions amps through will NOT be ready afterwards.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2005-07-28 13:16|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2005-07-28 13:16|| Front Page Top

#8 BK LMAO!

Posted by Spinal Tap 2005-07-28 13:48|| 2005-07-28 13:48|| Front Page Top

#9 they'll nevr get the smell outta the lab

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-28 14:37|| 2005-07-28 14:37|| Front Page Top

#10 Seems like a lot of trouble to go to just to dispose of a tuna tin...

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-07-28 15:08|| 2005-07-28 15:08|| Front Page Top

#11 I would love to see that. We used to work with kiloamps to test circuit breakers (on Navy ships), but never megaamps.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-07-28 16:36|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-07-28 16:36|| Front Page Top

#12 ...designed as part of an Energy Department program to determine the readiness of the nation's nuclear stockpile without underground testing.

On the other hand, may I suggest that we test 5% of our stockpile of 10,000 warheads above ground to see if they are ready. Say somewhere in North Korea, Iran, and Syria to start with.

Posted by Glater Uninter1262 2005-07-28 16:44|| 2005-07-28 16:44|| Front Page Top

#13 Tesla must be proud.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-07-28 18:22|| 2005-07-28 18:22|| Front Page Top

#14 Gee, that's a lot of power.

Maybe it's enough to keep my motherboard from croaking...

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-07-28 20:50|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-07-28 20:50|| Front Page Top

#15 So that is whay my fluorescent lights were glowing whilst turned off.

How big are the freeking conductors? Jebus.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-07-28 21:03|| 2005-07-28 21:03|| Front Page Top

#16 do you think that runs the utility bill up or what?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2005-07-28 22:56|| 2005-07-28 22:56|| Front Page Top

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