Engineers Achieve Nuclear Fusion , by Shooting Projectile , at 14,500 MPH.
'Newsweek' reports that engineers , in England have achieved, a breakthrough in nuclear fusion.
Researchers at First Light Fusion designed
the method to be as simple as possible:, they fired a giant gun
at a fuel sample.
This method is known as inertial fusion, where a fuel pellet
is compressed and super-heated so that particles fuse
together in the nanoseconds before the fuel explodes.
'Newsweek' reports that this
is usually achieved by firing a laser
or particle beam at the fuel pellet. .
First Light Fusion's approach
uses a projectile traveling at
around 14,500 miles per hour. .
First Light Fusion's approach
uses a projectile traveling at
around 14,500 miles per hour. .
The projectile produces pressure , equal to 100 million times that, of the Earth's atmosphere. .
Each reaction reportedly produces , enough energy to power an average , home in the U.K. for more than two years. .
First Light Fusion said the company believes
its unique method is the fastest and cheapest
form of commercial fusion power. .
'Newsweek' reports that the company will
now begin experiments aimed at producing more
energy than it takes to produce the reaction. .
If we can get the core physics to work,
which I think we can, it potentially has
a much faster trajectory to a power plant.
The engineering is much simpler.
The physics is simpler, Nick Hawker, founder of First Light Fusion, via 'Newsweek'