How close are Scientists to developing fusion energy? The Nuclear Fusion Project transitioned to Green Energy.
The use of producing energy: This difference in mass arises due to the difference in nuclear binding energy between the atomic nuclei before and after the reaction. Nuclear fusion is the process that powers active or main-sequence stars and other high-magnitude stars, where large amounts of energy are released. thus releases its energy by nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium. In its core, the Sun fuses 500 million metric tons of hydrogen each second.
By Julianne Geiger- June 22, 2023
Nuclear Fusion Project Sees Cost Overruns, More Delays
The old joke that nuclear fusion is perpetually a decade away may seem unfair, but the world’s largest fusion project is once again facing more delays and billions in cost overruns.
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, has suffered at the hands of disrupted supply chains and faulty parts. And now, the project’s hopes of achieving fusion by next year is in serious jeopardy.
ITER aspires to harness nuclear fusion as the next power source-the same process that fuels the sun via a machine called the tokamak, with aspirations of creating what is thought to be unlimited clean energy. ITER’s goal is to prove that a tokamak can produce 10 times more energy than is needed to generate plasma.
The ITER project, shown during construction in February 2020, will be the first experiment to create a “burning,” or self-sustaining, fusion plasma. This photo shows the partly completed building that will house the fusion tokamak and its support systems. Courtesy: ITER
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