Global interest, research and investment in nuclear fusion is at an all-time high and San Diego-basedhas announced a program to design, build and operate a pilot plant aimed at taking a crucial step toward making the long sought-after potential of nuclear fusion a reality — providing a warming planet a power source that is practically limitless, emissions-free, safe and cost-effective.
Fusion technology was critical in the development of the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s but a peaceful, commercial application for fusion as an inexhaustible energy source has intrigued scientists ever since.in order to collide and produce a hot gas called plasma. The pilot plant will not be some theoretical research project. Upon completion, the plant will be one that “uses real fuel and produces real electricity with generators,” Grierson said.
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