http://www.physorg.com/news11753.html

Vulvox Nano/biotechnology Corporation has designed novel nanotextured z machine solenoids that will enable a much greater rate of fusion than conventional solid tungsten wire which is used to generate x-rays and the z pinch effect. The solenoids will be useful as simulators of nuclear explosions. They will be capable of generation of fusion energy and neutrons to irradiate atomic waste and transmute it into harmless isotopes, and in neutron spectroscopy applications. Smaller pulsed power devices might be useful in scanning trucks and containerized cargo boxes with neutrons to prevent smuggling of nuclear weapons into the country. Vulvox is planning a partnership with the Pulsed Power User Facility to test our nanotextured solenoids with deuterium-tritium fuel targets inserted into the solenoids using the z-machine. The solenoids will be tested for rate of x-ray generation, neutron generation, and fusion products and total energy released by the targets. Vulvox also has plans on the drawing to develop novel nanotextured laser fusion pellets that will absorb much greater amounts of light and that will undergo fusion reaction by 38,000 times the rate of conventional laser fusion pellets.