The Future of Clean Energy - Artificial Sun | Nuclear Fusion is The Answer ▶1
Channel: TopTechTopic
Date: 2021-02-12

Nuclear fusion is a reaction whereby two or more atomic nuclei fuse to become different atomic nuclei, neutrons or protons. The net change in mass results in the release or absorption of energy.  Fusion is the process that maintains main sequence stars, releasing tremendous amounts of energy. Fusion of lighter nuclei is an exothermic process, while fusion of heavier nuclei results in an endothermic reaction. Hydrogen and helium, are more suitable for fusion, whilst heavier elements, such as uranium and plutonium undergo nuclear fission. 

What is nuclear fusion?
The Sun is a main-sequence star, creating its own energy via nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei into helium. The Sun fuses 500 million metric tons of hydrogen per second.

Discovery of nuclear fusion
Eddington proposed that hydrogen-helium fusion could be the source of stellar energy. Quantum tunneling was also suggested in 1929. Atkinson and Houtermans showed that tremendous energy could be released by fusing small nuclei. Fusion of hydrogen isotopes was accomplished by Mark Oliphant in 1932. The military prioritised fusion research in the early 1940s, as part of the infamous Manhattan Project. Nuclear fusion on a large scale was first carried out on 1 November 1952, as part of the Ivy Mike ‘hydrogen bomb’ test. Global research into controlled fusion has been ongoing since the 1940s. The technology is progressing but remains at an early stage.

00:00 ● Intro - Teaser - Fusion Energy Conference (FEC2020)
👉•  https://fec2020.fr/​. 

02:10 ● 1. Fission vs. Fusion: What’s the Difference?
Fission and fusion are two physical processes that produce massive amounts of energy from atoms.

Fission occurs when a neutron slams into a larger atom, forcing it to excite and spilt into two smaller atoms—also known as fission products. Additional neutrons are also released that can initiate a chain reaction.
 
Fusion occurs when two atoms slam together to form a heavier atom, like when two hydrogen atoms fuse to form one helium atom.

👉•  U.S. Department of Energy: https://www.energy.gov/

03:16 ● 2.  What is Fusion? How can this energy change our future?
👉• https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/​ 
👉• https://www.iter.org/

Is Nuclear Fusion The Answer To Clean Energy?
06:49 ● 2-1.  What is Fission? History of Fission
09:21 ● 2-2. Fusion's Long History - The history of fusion
10:49 ● 2-3. Investments in Fusion - Future of Fusion
17:35 ● 2-4. Fission's Future - What's Next for Fission  
18:57 ● 2-5. To Path Forward

👉• source: CNBC - https://www.cnbc.com/

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