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Affordable, Accessible Fusion Power: A Reality in “Years, Not Decades”

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:05:50 +0000

Fusion – “the process that powers the sun” – releases energy when two atomic nuclei bump to each other, fusing together, resulting in one bigger nucleus. It is known as the source capable of generating the most energy so far, making it a very important delegate in providing affordable, accessible, and cleaner energy. “The benefits […]

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New Clean Nuclear Fusion Reactor Prototype Reduces Risks and Optimizes Energy Production

Mila Luleva — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:16:55 +0000

Professor José Luis González Díez from the Higher Technical School of Naval Engineering of the UPM has recently patented a prototype of a new clean fusion reactor. The invention has a laser ignition of 1000 MWe and uses hydrogen isotopes extracted from water as fuel. It is a well known fact that nuclear fission holds […]

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General Fusion Claims Cheap Nuclear Fusion Reactor: Competes With ITER

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:28:51 +0000

General Fusion, a small startup company from Canada, claims they can build a new type of a fusion power plant in the next ten years, and build it a lot cheaper than ITER - for less than a billion dollars. They have already gathered $13.5 million from various private and public investors, who understood their technology would work and want some share of the eventual profit.

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