Francis Thio
A researcher involved in advanced propulsion and FRC research.
Verified Primary Sources
- → LANL FissionPlasmaPropulsion 1995 (p. 1) — 1995 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL FissionPlasmaPropulsion 1995 (p. 3) — 1995 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL FissionPlasmaPropulsion 1995 (p. 4) — 1995 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → AVCO PlasmaRadiationShield 1967 (p. 74) — 1967 — AVCO Corporation
- → AVCO PlasmaRadiationShield 1967 (p. 79) — 1967 — AVCO Corporation
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Timeline Mentions (8)
Project Sherwood established
The U.S. AEC's classified controlled-fusion program begins at LANL and partner labs.
Christofilos begins Astron experiment at LLNL
Greek engineer starts E-layer field reversal concept. Earliest compact torus conception. Presented at 1958 Geneva.
Project ORION Active
The Air Force and NASA engage in Project ORION, a classified effort to develop external nuclear pulse propulsion using fission-driven pulse units. The program involved prominent physicists and enginee
Christofilos Astron experiment at LLNL
The Astron experiment established the field-reversed configuration geometry that prefigured modern FRC research.
First Formal Documentation of FRC Topology
H.A.B. Bodin publishes a paper in Nuclear Fusion describing 'reversed field loops' within a theta-pinch, providing physical evidence of the FRC state.
Project ORION Terminated
Project ORION is terminated primarily for political reasons, ending early research into external pulsed plasma propulsion despite promising technical results.
Inertial-Confinement Flux-Trapping Model Proposed
T.S. Green and A.A. Newton propose that magnetic flux is lost via rapid convection at the radial Alfvén speed, a foundational theory for FRC formation.
AVCO plasma radiation shield research
Early declassified work on magnetized plasma shields for aerospace vehicles.