Nuclear fusion on brink of being realised, say MIT scientists

Nuclear fusion on brink of being realised, say MIT scientists

  • March 9, 2018
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Nuclear fusion on brink of being realised, say MIT scientists

The project, a collaboration between scientists at MIT and a private company, will take a radically different approach to other efforts to transform fusion from an expensive science experiment into a viable commercial energy source. The team intend to use a new class of high-temperature superconductors they predict will allow them to create the world’s first fusion reactor that produces more energy than needs to be put in to get the fusion reaction going.

Source: theguardian.com

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