Fusion Experiments Show Nuclear Power's Softer Side »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 1 year, 5 months agoAll but abandoned 20 years ago, nuclear energy is again hot news. But while new fission reactors vie with wind turbines and biofuels to raise the NIMBY hackles, some look to a future where atoms are spliced, not split. "The promise of nuclear fusion is safe, clean energy," said Rob Goldston, director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.
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There is, however, a problem: Fusion doesn't work. In hopes of changing that, international consortia have plunged billions into research, with the latest project, ITER, tagged at $13.3 billion. Even so, scientists expect it will take ITER decades to consistently produce more energy than its consumes.
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