Princeton – New Jersey Lt. Gov. Guadagno visits PPPL
Princeton – New Jersey Lt. Gov. Guadagno visits PPPL
By Patti Wieser | 14 February 2012 – 08:19 a.m
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno visited the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) on Monday, Feb. 13, learning about the facility’s economic impact on the state and gleaning new facts about fusion science. After concluding a tour of the laboratory, Guadagno characterized it as being one of the state’s “crown jewels.”
Guadagno was wowed during a tour of the Plainsboro facility when she heard a song by the rock group Pearl Jam boom through plasma speakers. “Imagine a high school student looking at this and becoming inspired to study plasma,” Guadagno said. Plasma, she learned during her 90-minute visit, is a superhot gas of charged particles and the fuel for fusion energy production. The laboratory’s mission is to develop fusion as a safe, clean and abundant energy source for the future.
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