This site is listed in the BBC Education Web Guide. Begin your journey on the internet with The Rail. Its proponents argue the vast potential for cheap, clean energy from hydrogen isotopes extracted from sea water, without the long term radioactive waste associated with nuclear fission. In simple terms, the fusion process works by combining light atoms, such as isotopes of hydrogen, under very high temperatures and pressures to make heavier ones, such as helium. Both fission and fusion release large quantities of energy, which can be converted into heat and electricity.
Nuclear fusion does produce radioactive waste.
However, in contrast to fission produced wastes, they are short lived and decay to background levels in a very short time. While great strides have been made over the past few decades, the high cost of research, and very expensive hardware, limits most of the work to multi-national consortia. Herne Data Systems Ltd. While we periodically check every link, neither RadWaste.org nor Herne Data Systems Ltd. assume any responsibility for the content of any of the material contained in the links from this site. This site is best viewed with a browser that supports cascading style sheets.