NUCLEAR FUSION

One of the constituents of nuclear fusion is helium-3. This material is rare on this planet, but apparently is abundant on the moon. Nuclear fusion is what makes the sun function. The challenge is to recreate this form of energy and in doing so, could produce a cleaner and environmentally friendly and constant source of power. Research is advancing on this energy, but you can understand why some countries find reaching the moon important. Mining for helium-3 is no doubt a big objective.

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Aha. if thye don't need tonns and tonns to deliver power then maybe.
A question of what does the transport cost vs effect, i guess.
How many kilos they need per mwh?

Are you sure fission is not still better?
I'm a big fan of new modern nuclear power.
Maybe in this smaller portable types, the ones that can be cooled without water.
Grandioze

The difference between fusion and fission is that the former produces much more energy, whereas the latter produces more radioactivity which needs to be contained. But yes in the meantime I would agree that smaller nuclear power stations would be better.
Right.
Fusion been more than just a jazz-rock phenomen for quite some time now.
But is it really closer to production - did the article say how cost effectve mining
and transport of this perticular mineral would be (is my question).

I bet Elon Musk could be wild enough to look into this:)

Thanks for the blog, interesting.

wine
Grandsioze
Commercial production of electricity using nuclear fusion is expected to be around 2030. Experiments are taking place around the world, and in the UK, scientists at JET, Joint European Torus laboratory have achieved production of a small amount of energy through fusion. The challenge is constant production of extreme heat. 59 megajoules was achieved.
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