A growing number of private players like Lockheed Martin and Helion Energy believe they can commercialize fusion energy within a decade, promising a carbon-free energy source with effectively limitless fuel. But there’s considerable skepticism in the scientific community that these upstarts can achieve such ambitious timelines — or whether they can pull off fusion at … Read more
JASON CASSIBRY Associate Professor UAH Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dr. Jason Cassibry is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville. Prior to this he worked as an assistant research professor following graduation from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His research involves the experimental and theoretical … Read more
Fusion has the potential to be the perfect energy source—safe, clean, and limitless—but scientists are struggling to make it work. Now a change of shape may turn the mainstream reactor design, known as a tokamak, into something simpler, faster, and cheaper.
What is the future of energy? Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Resources, talks about nuclear fusion and the oil supply 1,000 years from now. Learn more about the Opportunity Coalition here: https://opportunitycoalition.com/ Learn more about Brian Watson and other community building initiatives here: https://brianwatson.us/
Andrew Zwicker is a physicist and science educator. The American Association of Physics Teachers has named him to its list of 75 leading contributors to physics education. For the past three years Zwicker has taken college undergraduates and K-12 teachers aboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s “Weightless Wonder” aircraft. He is a Fellow of … Read more
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik What is the concept underlying the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device? The video, produced from various CADs, illustrates how the device is configured and what objectives are being pursued by the fusion research conducted at the Greifswald branch of Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics with Wendelstein 7-X.
A clear and fun video explaining how fusion works Download the Fusion Energy Explained video
A lecture by Dr. Gerald Schroeder on “Genesis and the Big Bang Theory”, which resolves the apparent conflict of the Genesis account of creation and scientific dating of the universe. Read more about Dr. Schroeder The above lecture by Dr. Schroeder is part of a vintage lecture series produced in the mid-2000s. Since that time … Read more
Dr. Charles Forsberg of MIT and ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratories) talks about the potential benefits of the Molten Salt Reactor. In the future, fusion systems can be used to safely transmutate all the accumulated radioactive waste into safely disposable non-radioactive material from 430 plus nuclear reactors worldwide operating for the last 60 years. This … Read more
Spanish language introduction to fusion energy and ITER with an extensive explanation and interview with Dr. Steve Cowley from the UK Culham Centre. Introducción al idioma español de la energía de fusión ITER y con una extensa explicación y la entrevista con el Dr. Steve Cowley del Centro Culham Reino Unido.