The recording of a livestream discussing aspects of reactor design is given below.
Reactor design concepts that were inspired by the Russian Cold Nuclear Transmutation & Ball Lightning, Sochi 2018 presentation by Anatoly Klimov. In it he discussed a way to make ball discharges.
Production of ‘ball discharges’ using low threshold microwaves at electrically coupled initiators
Translation of relevant slide from Anatoly Klimov’s presentation at the 25th Cold Nuclear Transmutation and Ball Lightning conference, 2018 Sochi, Russia:
It is worth reviewing this video (on double time)
This inspired some ideas captured on this slide
Takaaki Matsumoto had worked it out by 1996
Subsequently, it turns out that Takaaki Matsumoto was maybe thinking along the same lines - way back in 1996!
But wait, there is more…
Soon we will know where his thoughts were, over 20 years ago, but it does look like he is stating.
An electrical method is used to generate micro ball lightning
This micro ball lightning leads to
Nuclear transmutation
Nuclear Incineration
Collapse and Regeneration
He states that this can specifically be used to deal with nuclear waste.
- Hi Bob, well, I googled the Matsumoto reference #77, which looks like a particularly useful one: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/829469/metrics#metrics
- but it is paywalled.
You mention how in a lightning strike, there's an evo travelling first and then it connects and discharges through.
I found a great video showing this event in slow motion. https://youtu.be/qQKhIK4pvYo?t=300
To me, it looks exactly like a mould looking for food, then finding it and strengthening the shortest path for maximal efficiency.
Here's an example of a mould in timelapse. https://youtu.be/GY_uMH8Xpy0?t=28
So amazing how those structures behave the same despite being in the opposite sides of the speed spectrum.