World's First NUCLEAR FUSION REACTOR

[arnoldsa]

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France has successfully been chosen to host the world's first Nuclear Fusion Reactor... The vision behind the project is of a world where energy will be cheap, clean, safe, and almost infinite...

It is a project designed to emulate the Sun...

Instead of splitting the atom -- the principle behind current nuclear plants -- the project seeks to harness nuclear fusion: the power of the SUN and the STARS....

......nindot unta tu kung sa Philippines gibutang, it would generate jobs and possibly help us uplift ourselves from poverty....

[samsungster]

i wish we will have that Nuclear Fusion which is the energy-producing process which takes place continuously in the sun and stars. In the core of the sun at temperatures of 10-15 million degrees Celsius, Hydrogen is converted to Helium providing enough energy to sustain life on earth.

For energy production on earth, different fusion reactions are involved. The most suitable reaction occurs between the nuclei of the two heavy forms (isotopes) of Hydrogen - Deuterium (D) and Tritium (T); eventually reactions involving just Deuterium or Deuterium and Helium (3He) may be used.

Most suitable fusion reaction.

At the temperatures required for the D-T fusion reaction - over 100 Million deg. C - the fuel has changed its state from gas to PLASMA. In a plasma, the electrons have been separated from the atomic nuclei (usually called the "ions"). Understanding plasma required major developments in physics. Plasmas are now used widely in industry, especially for semi-conductor manufacture.

Advantages of Fusion

* A vast, new source of energy.
* Fuels are plentiful.
* Inherently safe since any malfunction results in a rapid shutdown.
* No atmospheric pollution leading to acid rain or "greenhouse" effect.
* Radioactivity of the reactor structure, caused by the neutrons, decays rapidly and can be minimised by careful selection of low-activation materials. Provision for geological time-span disposal is not needed.

[arnoldsa]

cool

[cerebus]

very cool.

[vern]

......nindot unta tu kung sa Philippines gibutang, it would generate jobs and possibly help us uplift ourselves from poverty....

And the Philippines would contribute how many billions of dollars?

[reklamador]

nothing kay ato gobyerno kutob ra pangayo.

[stingrey]

maayo unta dili ni mapalpak.....

[arnoldsa]

maayo unta dili ni mapalpak.....

as long as wala si Dr. Octopus!