fusion reaction Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:46:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Scientists Theorize One of the Problems Facing Nuclear Fusion https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nuclear-fusion-plasma-islands-mit-20120507/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nuclear-fusion-plasma-islands-mit-20120507/#respond Mon, 07 May 2012 16:01:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=24361 Fusion reactors are thought to be the mothers of all power plants. They’ll emit no gases, eat up no polluting resources and provide all of the energy humanity needs for heading towards self-destr… evolution. However, science didn’t allow us thus far to produce more energy than we consume in a nuclear fusion process, but a new […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nuclear-fusion-plasma-islands-mit-20120507/feed/ 0 24361 How to Build a Home-Made Fusion Reactor (No Kidding!) https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-to-build-home-made-fusion-reactor-20110102/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-to-build-home-made-fusion-reactor-20110102/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:17:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16494 Get your white coat, your plastic gloves, glasses and turn off the lights... you have just made your first nuclear fusion reactor and you want it to work. At least that's what instructables.com user Christensent suggests through a DIY posted on the site, aimed at those who want to do some exotic research.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-to-build-home-made-fusion-reactor-20110102/feed/ 1 16494 Ignitor: MIT-Designed Fusion Reactor, Built in Italy and Assembled in Russia, Better Than ITER https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ignitor-fusion-reactor-russia-20100514/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ignitor-fusion-reactor-russia-20100514/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 14:22:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=7622 Originally designed for studying astrophysics, a fusion reactor of the MIT from the 1970s, called "Alcator", could be the base of another one to be installed in Russia and managed by Bruno Coppi. The new reactor is called Ignitor and, as far as the plans sound, it is ready to surpass ITER as both performance and time to go into production.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ignitor-fusion-reactor-russia-20100514/feed/ 1 7622 Clean Nuclear Fusion Now Possible Using Electromagnetic Waves https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-nuclear-fusion-experiment-20081207/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-nuclear-fusion-experiment-20081207/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:07:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=1311 Two MIT scientists, physicist Yijun Lin and principal research scientist John Rice, using the university's Alcator C-Mod fusion reactor, proved that electromagnetic waves produced with the help of a Tokamak (pictured above) could be used to keep that plasma hot and make nuclear fusion possible.

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