Will This New Fusion Reactor Mimic The Sun’s Energy?
The Wendelstein 7-X is the most efficient nuclear fusion reactor scientists have ever created. What could it mean for the future of energy? Is Fusion Energy Close ...
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Hey reactors, Trace here for a DNews short. If you're a regular watcher of DNews you know nuclear reactors come in two flavors -- fission and fusion. Fission is about breaking atoms apart to release energy. Fusion is about squishing atoms together to release energy. "Nuclear power" is fission, but we really wanna figure out this fusion thing. It's better. In December 2015, a new fusion reactor was tested and it's more efficient than any before it -- the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. It even sounds cool… oh, and it looks like a donut. A variety of fusion reactors have been proposed, with mixed levels of success. Tokamaks and Stellarators seem to be the best way forward. Though they’re very different designs, at their core, they both create magnetic fields ...
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Hey reactors, Trace here for a DNews short. If you're a regular watcher of DNews you know nuclear reactors come in two flavors -- fission and fusion. Fission is about breaking atoms apart to release energy. Fusion is about squishing atoms together to release energy. "Nuclear power" is fission, but we really wanna figure out this fusion thing. It's better. In December 2015, a new fusion reactor was tested and it's more efficient than any before it -- the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator. It even sounds cool… oh, and it looks like a donut. A variety of fusion reactors have been proposed, with mixed levels of success. Tokamaks and Stellarators seem to be the best way forward. Though they’re very different designs, at their core, they both create magnetic fields ...
