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Scientists Move Closer to Nuclear Fusion

Posted on October 13, 2008

Is nuclear fusion close to becoming commercially viable? While the National Ignition Facility in Livermore is, by all accounts, behind schedule and overbudget, scientists in England are close to achieving controlled fusion in a lab, and this week will begin work on a fusion reactor that could be the future for commercial nuclear reactors.According to yournuclearnews.com: Unlike nuclear fission, which tears apart atoms to release energy and highly radioactive by-products, fusion involves squeezing two heavy hydrogen atoms, called deuterium and tritium together so they fuse, producing harml...

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