Friday, October 26, 2012

Nuclear Fusion

This is one of my topics in nuclear physics which is an active area of research called nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion it could supply humanity with virtually unlimited energy yet for over half a century it has eluded us. The mathematics for fusion is rather complex. I encourage viewers to do research on ITER or International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. This is going to be turned on in 2019 which is when the first plasma is expected. The plasma will be confined in the tokamak which is a device that magnetically confines plasma, and inside the plasma is heated to over 160 million degrees. If the ITER is successful then mankind has successfully achieved Nuclear Fusion. Using only lithium from seawater we would have enough energy to last humanity for 60 million years. Then using a more complicated fusion process using only deuterium from seawater then humanity would have enough energy to last humanity for 150 billion years. So fusion is the energy source for the future.

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