Fusion News: Edmonton Journal- Fusion about to burst upon us, but will Canada be in research loop?
Fusion can provide unlimited clean energy but due to the high temperatures it is hard to achieve.
Extraordinary temperatures of 100 million degrees are needed to achieve the momentary combining — or fusing — of particles such as deuterium and tritium. In the process, two new products — a neutron and helium — are produced, along with a large amount of energy.
Even though it is difficult to achieve many countries have invested in major fusion projects because fusion will become a real game changer when it becomes available. Canada, though, may be lagging behind because they do not have a national program of fusion research. As reported by the Edmonton Journal in the article “Fusion about to burst upon us, but will Canada be in research loop?”
“We have to start, we have to get some Canadians involved in projects in other countries and build collaborative links,” said Offenberger.
“But we first need some of structure to do this, and to get our people up to speed.”
He fears that if Alberta and Canada do nothing now, a nation which thinks of itself as a major energy producer today will be a footnote when the next energy era arrives.
