Scientists believe fusion plants would be much safer than today's nuclear fission plants — if the process can be mastered."It can't run away. It's a very difficult reaction to sustain; it needs to be driven. Whereas fission can run on a chain reaction, and it has to be controlled," Tim Luce, the head of science at ITER, told CBS News.
Some concepts for fusion reactors being developed today will use two types of hydrogen atoms, deuterium and tritium, for fuel.Deuterium can be easily and cheaply extracted from sea water. Tritium, which does not exist abundantly in nature, could potentially be produced by a reaction between fusion-generated neutrons and lithium. It is also a byproduct of the nuclear fission process used in power plants around the world today.
Assuming scientists are able to achieve"net energy" — producing more energy than they use to create the fusion reaction — other things will still need to fall in place for fusion to become a secure, viable energy source for the world.
Keep up the research, but remember that centralized power has always been corrupted, while decentralized, point of use power removes electricity from being a terrorist or enemy target. It's also way cheaper and easier.
Conservatives been saying nuclear energy is the way to go for years. Glad y’all are finally catching up.
CBS 'FAKE' News is just a TREASONIST democrat propaganda spreader!!
The right has championed this for years as the only viable way for clean energy. The left screamed at them that's it's not viable or clean. Funny how things change when your way is proven to not work.