Title: New Fusion Method Described
Date: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 @ 23:03:10 GMT
Topic: Science


Scientist indicate an example of fusion as a pulsed power source may lead to an abundant power source.

A New York Times article describes an experiment of thermonuclear fusion done by researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories. Scientists say it may lead to a safer, more abundant energy source. The findings were presented at the American Physical Society

From the article:

With a blast of X-rays compressing a capsule of hydrogen to conditions approaching those at the center of the Sun, scientists from Sandia National Laboratories reported today that they had achieved thermonuclear fusion, in essence detonating a tiny hydrogen bomb. Such controlled explosions would not be large enough to be dangerous and might offer an alternative way of generating electricity by harnessing fusion, the process that powers the Sun. Fusion combines hydrogen atoms into helium, producing bountiful energy as a byproduct. "It's the first observation of fusion for a pulsed power source," said Dr. Ramon J. Leeper, manager of the target physics department at Sandia, in Albuquerque, who presented the findings at a meeting of the American Physical Society here. Fusion power would be safer than fission, the current method used in nuclear power plants, because fusion does not produce long-lived radioactive waste.

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