Lockheed Martin claims to have a fusion reactor built in the next 5 years. How would this technology work, and what would this mean for the world? Trace explains. Get 15% off http://www.domain.c...
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Dot Com We are less than 20 years away from putting
the power of the sun on the back of a truck. Just, keep Dr. Octo away from it this time,
mmkay? What we call, "nuclear power" today is really
nuclear fission. Fission involves splitting heavy isotopes of uranium or plutonium resulting
in radioactive, unstable elements. It's the same as a nuclear bomb, except we're harnessing
the energy. We can do better! Fusion power, takes isotopes of hydrogen and fuses them
to create helium. Fusion power is the promise of the future! It's what our sun uses to keep
alight and humans have been working to create fusion for 60 years. Now, this week, a secret
project at Lockheed's Advanced Development...