Laser Fusion

The Advances in Laser Fusion

Laser fusion is a term that sounded like it came straight out of Star Trek, or something that you would read about in a documentary of the future on TV. Either way, laser fusion is real and can produce amounts of energy so large, that it can exceed the energy produced by any nuclear reactor on the planet. If humanity can utilize the power that this reactor can create, than the world can usher in a new era of electrical power.

The laser fusion reactor utilizes a small pellet that is 2mm in diameter that is composed of deuterium and tritium as a fuel source. The fuel source is given a very precise shape in order to ensure good performance, but a single pellet can cost up to a million dollars. During the procedure, the fuel pellet heats up to 50 million kelvins and fells the pressure of 150 billion of earths atmospheres.

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Questions What are the two isotopes used as a fuel source?-Deuterium and Tritum How much pressure does the fuel pellet undergo during the procedure?-150 billion of earths atmospheres