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Gord Green Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:17 pm Post subject: New Fusion Reactor |
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FROM :
https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2018/08/01/will-lockheed-martin-change-the-world-with-its-new-fusion-reactor/#23283b744c49
Lockheed Martin New Fusion Reactor?
Lockheed Martin’s secretive Skunk Works® laboratory registered a patent in March for a revolutionary technology that could solve the world’s energy problems for good – but don’t pop the champagne yet. The design is for a compact fusion reactor (CFR) which theoretically produces cheap, clean, near limitless energy – all from a device that could fit on the back of a semi.
A controlled thermonuclear fusion reaction is the holy grail of energy technology. When two hydrogen atoms join together to form a single, heavier atom, a vast amount of energy is released. This process is the same that gives the sun its power. Think of a star as one massive fusion reactor.
No carbon emissions or radioactive waste are produced in the reaction, and ocean water is all the fuel you need for a hundred thousand years of operation. Oh, and a fusion reactor is incapable of melting down – when a fusion reaction fails it simply snuffs itself out.
If Lockheed’s CFR design succeeds, it would represent a paradigm shift greater than the invention of steam power or the internal combustion engine.
Currently one CFR unit is designed to produce 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough energy to sustain 80,000 American households, or comfortably power a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. There are even exciting applications for space travel.
Check out the entire article at the link above.
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