August 3, 2005

1.21 Jigawatts!

Filed under: Technology — Cory @ 12:06 am

Straight from Slashdot:

“On July 27, scientists at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Nevada Test Site said they generated a current equal to about four times all the electrical current on Earth. During the few millionths of a second that it operated, the 650-ton Atlas pulsed-power generator discharged about 19 million amps of current through an aluminum cylindrical shell about the size of a tuna can. Official news release is available from the DOE (PDF).”

INSANE.

Maybe that is enough power for a flux capacitor to send a De Lorean back to November 5, 1955

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2 Comments »

  1. 1.21 jigawatts that amount of power can only be produced by a bolt of lightning. A bolt of lightning!

    Comment by Tate — August 4, 2005 @ 9:27 am
  2. Think McFly, THINK! ;)

    Comment by cwright — August 4, 2005 @ 10:43 am

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