Nuclear Fusion
What is Nuclear Fusion
“Nuclear fusion is the process by which two light atomic nuclei combine to form a single heavier one while releasing massive amounts of energy.”
Fusion fuel is plentiful and easily accessible, comprising two components: deuterium and tritium. Deuterium can be extracted inexpensively from seawater, and tritium can potentially be produced from the reaction of fusion generated neutrons with naturally abundant lithium. These fuel supplies would last for millions of years. Future fusion reactors are also intrinsically safe and are not expected to produce high activity or long-lived nuclear waste. Furthermore, as the fusion process is difficult to start and maintain, there is no risk of a runaway reaction and meltdown; fusion can only occur under strict operational conditions, outside of which (in the case of an accident or system failure, for example), the plasma will naturally terminate, lose its energy very quickly and extinguish before any sustained damage is done to the reactor.
Benefits
Fusion can potentially generate four times more energy per kilogram of fuel than fission (used in nuclear power plants) and nearly four million times more energy than burning oil or coal.
Also, nuclear fusion does not emit carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, allowing it to be a limitless, non-polluting energy source for the earth. In essence, nuclear fusion will be the source of efficient, inexhaustible energy. It solves every problem that we have with modern day energy sources.