Bernard Eastlund

Bernard John Eastlund ( 1938 - December 12, 2007 in St. Louis ) was an American physicist and inventor.

Eastlund studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Bachelor's degree in 1960) and at Columbia University , where he worked on Diffusion measurements in a fully ionized cesium plasma in 1965 . PhD. He was the initiator of a forerunner of the HAARP project in the 1980s, for the technology of which he holds several patents. While military applications within the framework of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) were in the foreground at the time, this use is disputed by today's operators of HAARP. Eastlund himself worked on such applications for Advanced Power Technologies Inc. (APTI), a subsidiary of ARCO . As an application, not only the development of a missile shield against ICBMs was envisaged, but also the manipulation of the weather by influencing the course of the jet stream (both laid down in patents).

Another idea from Eastlund (and William C. Gough) is the use of nuclear fusion reactors e.g. B. for the separation and later recycling of elements ("Fusion Torch") from 1968 (he received a "Special Achievement Certificate" from the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the idea was positively received by its chairman at the time, Glenn Seaborg ). Eastlund and Gough were program managers in the AEC's fusion research program at the time.

Eastlund founded the technology consulting firm Eastlund Scientific Enterprises Corporation (ESEC) in Houston , Texas .

In addition, he dealt with astrophysics and published on pulsars and gamma ray sources (Gamma Ray Burster).

Web links

Eastlund Scientific Enterprises Corp. website (ESEC). Archived from the original on September 4, 2011 ; accessed on January 23, 2018 .
List of publications. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009 ; accessed on January 23, 2018 .
In memoriam: Bernard J. Eastlund. In: Fusion Power Report. January 1, 2008, accessed on January 23, 2018 (partially "subscription required").

Remarks

↑ Measurement of gamma-ray dose build-up factors for various shielding configurations
^ Eastlund Diffusion Measurements in a Fully Ionized Cesium Plasma , Technical Report No. 18, Columbia University Plasma Laboratory, 1965, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 9, 1966, pp. 594-602
↑ He took up ideas from Nicholas Christofilos .
↑ Eastlund, Gough "The Fusion Torch- Closing the cycle from use to reuse", US AEC Report WASH-1132, May 1969, Eastlund, Gouth, The Fusion Torch , Bulletin American Physical Society (APS) 1968, p. 1564, Eastlund , Gough Thermonuclear Plasma as a Universal Solvent and Industrial Processor , Bull. APS, April 1968. Corresponding plasma physics experiments were previously carried out with the participation of Eastlund.

personal data
SURNAME	Eastlund, Bernard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Eastlund, Bernard John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American physicist and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH	1938
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 2007
Place of death	St. Louis

[1] Measurement of gamma-ray dose build-up factors for various shielding configurations

[2] Eastlund Diffusion Measurements in a Fully Ionized Cesium Plasma , Technical Report No. 18, Columbia University Plasma Laboratory, 1965, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 9, 1966, pp. 594-602

[3] He took up ideas from Nicholas Christofilos .

[4] Eastlund, Gough "The Fusion Torch- Closing the cycle from use to reuse", US AEC Report WASH-1132, May 1969, Eastlund, Gouth, The Fusion Torch , Bulletin American Physical Society (APS) 1968, p. 1564, Eastlund , Gough Thermonuclear Plasma as a Universal Solvent and Industrial Processor , Bull. APS, April 1968. Corresponding plasma physics experiments were previously carried out with the participation of Eastlund.