How old is nuclear fusion: 75 years
Who is the competition for atomic fusion power: China
How safe is it compared to atomic fission, currently used in nuclear power plants:
Fission creates radioactivity, fusion creates NO radioactivity
Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the sun and stars, combining two light atomic nuclei to form a heavier one, which releases significant amounts of energy.
This process takes place in plasma, a hot, charged gas of ions and free-moving electrons.
While fission, used in current nuclear power plants, splits atoms,
fusion merges them.
Scientists aim to replicate fusion on Earth to provide a virtually inexhaustible, clean energy supply, with fusion reactions potentially generating nearly
four million times more energy than chemical reactions and
four times more than nuclear fission from the same mass of fuel
Achieving continuous electricity generation from fusion has been a technical challenge, requiring plasma to be heated to over 100 million degrees Celsius and confined long enough for fusion to occur.
Efforts are underway to address these challenges through various research and development initiatives.
Some sources claim it has long been considered a potential energy source for the future because fusion technologies would not produce the long-lived waste associated with fission power and would carry a lower risk of uncontrolled chain reactions.
Recent advancements in nuclear fusion research and commercialization efforts are ongoing.
TAE Technologies, a nuclear fusion company, agreed to merge with Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. in a $6 billion deal.
TAE Technologies aims to deploy commercial, utility-scale fusion energy and plans to commence construction of its first fusion power plant in 2026.
This company also announced a joint venture with the UK Atomic Energy Authority to develop advanced neutral beam systems for fusion reactors.
Additionally, advancements in controlling plasma and power delivery for fusion reactors have been reported by institutions such as Japan’s National Institute for Fusion Science and by a collaboration between Israeli startup nT-Tao and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
The U.S. government is also procuring supercomputers to advance nuclear power and fusion energy research, with the goal of accelerating progress in harnessing fusion energy within the next few years.
The overall investment in private fusion companies has increased, indicating a bullish trend in the industry, driven by advances in computer chips, AI, and high-temperature superconducting magnets.
Podcasts Related to Nuclear Fusion
The Glenn Beck Podcast - Ep 60 | 5G and AI Everywhere: 2030 Will Be a New World | Jeff Brown - AUDIO & TRANSCRIPT
Originally podcasted Nov 23, 2019
Podcasts on nuclear fusion are scarce, and the good ones we found assumed you had a background in physics and science. The two above talk more to you than above you…
