ITER in 5 Minutes

January 9, 2016February 26, 2015 by

A 5 minute video on fusion produced for the MIIFED conference in Monaco by the ITER organization.

February 11, 2015 marks five years in space for NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which provides incredibly detailed images of the whole sun 24 hours a day. Capturing an image more than once per second, SDO has provided an unprecedentedly clear picture of how massive explosions on the sun grow and erupt ever since its launch … Read more

RT award winning documentary on fusion and the ITER project status

January 9, 2016February 16, 2015 by

On this award-winning show of Technology Update, we check up on one of largest international scientific collaborations ever, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. ITER has the potential to produce unlimited clean power by making the Holy Grail of energy production, nuclear fusion, a reality. Our journey takes us to the ITER construction site in sunny … Read more

Thermonuclear fusion versus Murphy’s Law

January 9, 2016February 14, 2015 by

Inaugural Lecture – Jeremy Chittenden, Professor of Plasma Physics and Co-director of the Centre for Inertial Fusion Studies in the Department of Physics, Imperial College London Published on Mar 27, 2014 on Youtube

Introduction and update on ITER

January 9, 2016February 5, 2015 by

The world’s most powerful countries are collaborating on the ITER project (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) in France. The $20 billion facility will heat gas to 150 million degrees in an attempt to create a nuclear fusion reaction when it becomes fully operational in 2027.

Will Nuclear Fusion Technology Save Us? A primer for everyone to watch

February 4, 2015 by

A video by Sharkee, published on Youtube on Mar 31, 2014 Unlimited Energy = Good?

Should Google Go Nuclear?

February 2, 2015 by

Posted on Youtube by Google Tech Talks on Oct.8, 2007 ABSTRACT This is not your father’s fusion reactor! Forget everything you know about conventional thinking on nuclear fusion: high-temperature plasmas, steam turbines, neutron radiation and even nuclear waste are a thing of the past. Goodbye thermonuclear fusion; hello inertial electrostatic confinement fusion (IEC), an old … Read more

Culham Centre, UK: The future is fusion

September 13, 2015February 2, 2015 by

Uploaded Jan. 25, 2012 by the UK’s Culham Centre for Fusion There’s nothing hotter than fusion at the moment (at up to several hundred million degrees, we mean that quite literally), so we were delighted to join forces with the UK Fusion Programme to make this…

Michel Laberge: How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion

October 30, 2015January 31, 2015 by

Our energy future depends on nuclear fusion, says Michel Laberge. The plasma physicist runs a small company with a big idea for a new type of nuclear reactor that could produce clean, cheap energy. His secret recipe? High speeds, scorching temperatures and crushing pressure. In this hopeful talk, he explains how nuclear fusion might be … Read more

How viable is nuclear fusion as an energy source? – podcast

January 30, 2015January 29, 2015 by

the Guardian Are scientific and industrial ideas about commercial nuclear fusion reactors in the near future just wishful thinking? Download the podcast At Iter in the south of France, seven international partners have pooled their financial and scientific resources to build the biggest fusion reactor in history. Their aim is to resolve critical scientific and … Read more