#nuclear-fusion

#nuclear-fusion

Nuclear fusion promises a green and infinitely renewable supply of energyif we can harness it. Fusion happens all the time inside the sun. But to recreate the process on Earth, we must control incredibly hot, chaotic matter in an exceedingly dense state. Prototypes of several different fusion-reactor designs are being tested around the world. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, for example, uses lasers to spark fusion in a small pellet of fuel.

General Fusion, a Canadian nuclear fusion energy startup, announced today that it had been thrown a lifeline in the form of $22 million in fresh funding. The company had laid off at least 25% of its employees in May in a bid to shore up its stretched finances. At the same time, CEO Greg Twinney wrote an open letter pleading for funding. The additional cash will give General Fusion some breathing room, though not much.

Last month, a small company in San Francisco announced a plan to manufacture tons of gold by tweaking atoms superheated during nuclear fusion, serving as a side hustle to offset fusion costs.

The 36 mile-long cylinder features a range of biome ecosystems, food production rooms, libraries, parks, multi-storey living areas, schools, hospitals and sports complexes.

In December 1942, the first experiment to achieve a sustained nuclear reaction occurred beneath the University of Chicago in a reactor called 'Chicago Pile 1.' This marked confirmation of Szilard's theoretical idea of nuclear chain reactions, where a reactions can continue and sustain itself.

In a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, nuclear transmutation is proposed as a method to change elements, enabling the synthesis of gold particles from mercury.

Helium-3 is an element that nuclear fusion researchers believe is a potential fuel for the creation of unlimited energy that would power the rest of this century and beyond.