Fusion advance lifts clean energy hopes
US experiment that aims to create no nuclear waste will inspire Chinese scientists in Chengdu to pursue dual-track programme.
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US experiment that aims to create no nuclear waste will inspire Chinese scientists in Chengdu to pursue dual-track programme.
Letters: <strong>Dr Mark Diesendorf </strong>questions the claim that<strong> </strong>nuclear fusion is safe and clean, while <strong>Dr Chris Cragg </strong>suspects true fusion power is a long way off. Plus letters from <strong>Dick Willis </strong>and<strong> Martin O’Donovan</strong>
There’s an unsung hero in Livermore Lab’s announcement this week regarding heroic progress made on fusion energy. It was unsung even by Livermore. [...]
The fusion breakthrough that the US Energy Department announced this week is scientifically significant, but the significance relates to the monitoring of the country's nuclear weapons stockpike, not to clean electricity generation.
The fusion endgame ultimately goes far beyond achieving a breakthrough in a lab.