Nuclear Fusion has always been the process known to heat the sun and produce the light that we so desperately depend on. Only until recently, has the possibility of being able to harness the incredible power of nuclear fusion becoming a possibility. The ultimate goal behind this groundbreaking research is to be able to create a completely sustainable energy source for our planet. In an article in the New York Times, Kenneth Chang states that: “The basic concept behind fusion is simple: Squeeze hydrogen atoms hard enough and they fuse together in helium. A helium atom weighs slightly less than the original hydrogen atoms, and by Einstein’s equation E = mc2, that liberated bit of mass turns into energy.”
The ITER Laboratory, located in the Cadarache research center, in southern France, is an international combined effort of China, European Union, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United States of America. The goal is to be able to produce controllable and repeatable nuclear fusion factories.
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