So a BC company reported a fusion breakthrough a few weeks ago and another was reported yesterday from Europe.
The BC one.
B.C.-based company announces milestone that could lead to commercial fusion energy | Globalnews.ca
General Fusion in Burnaby says it has achieved milestone targets for the prototype of its fusion demonstration plant, which can accommodate the extreme conditions of fusion, such as temperatures up to 150 million C.
“When you’re trying to contain a plasma, which is a super-heated form of hydrogen, at conditions and temperatures at the centre of the sun … it’s very hard to think of putting it inside a machine and that machine lasting the lifetime of a power plant,” explained CEO Chris Mowry.
The new one from Europe
Nuclear fusion breakthrough could bring us close to carbon-free future
Scientists have made a major breakthrough towards practical nuclear fusion bringing us closer than ever to ultra-low carbon energy.
The team, from the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxford, managed to generate 59 megajoules of energy through nuclear fusion. This is more than double the previous record set in 1997, according to the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).
The results are good news for advocates of nuclear energy as a clean alternative to fossil fuels.
The BC one.
B.C.-based company announces milestone that could lead to commercial fusion energy | Globalnews.ca
General Fusion in Burnaby says it has achieved milestone targets for the prototype of its fusion demonstration plant, which can accommodate the extreme conditions of fusion, such as temperatures up to 150 million C.
“When you’re trying to contain a plasma, which is a super-heated form of hydrogen, at conditions and temperatures at the centre of the sun … it’s very hard to think of putting it inside a machine and that machine lasting the lifetime of a power plant,” explained CEO Chris Mowry.
The new one from Europe
Nuclear fusion breakthrough could bring us close to carbon-free future
Scientists have made a major breakthrough towards practical nuclear fusion bringing us closer than ever to ultra-low carbon energy.
The team, from the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxford, managed to generate 59 megajoules of energy through nuclear fusion. This is more than double the previous record set in 1997, according to the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).
The results are good news for advocates of nuclear energy as a clean alternative to fossil fuels.
