OilPrice – Are we one Step Closer to Fusion Energy?
OilPrice – Are we one Step Closer to Fusion Energy?
Brian Westenhaus | 22 March 2012 – 23:11
Nuclear fusion might be achieved in a preheated cylindrical container immersed in strong magnetic fields. A series of computer simulations performed at Sandia National Laboratories show the release of output energy that was, remarkably, many times greater than the energy fed into the simulation.
Sandia researcher Steve Slutz, lead author of the paper published at Physical Review Letters said, “People didn’t think there was a high-gain option for magnetized inertial fusion (MIF) but these numerical simulations show there is. Now we have to see if nature will let us do it. In principle, we don’t know why we can’t.” Take that to mean “might” moves to “could”.
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