This is what happens in the Sun when, as the hydrogen nuclei fuse, helium is formed, releasing a large amount of energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation, which living beings perceive on Earth in the form of light and heat.īut this fusion is not easy to produce, let alone do so in a controlled manner. Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two nuclei of light atoms, usually hydrogen and its isotopes (deuterium and tritium), join together to form a heavier nucleus and release energy. Moreover, the elements needed are very abundant on earth, but it is not yet ready to reach homes and retire fission and other energy sources, however renewable they may be. The only option is to create technology that is cleaner, cheaper, more mobile, more flexible, more energy dense and simply better than what has been created so far” says the company.Ī fusion reaction does not release greenhouse gases and, unlike nuclear fission, does not produce long-lived radioactive waste. “We know we won’t fix the climate with existing technology or by simply creating a working fusion generator. Robin Langtry and Brian Riordan, two former engineers at Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin, decided to stop staring into space to help protect the Earth with Orbitron their small fusion reactor in development. The founders of Avalanche Energy have set a goal as difficult as it is small to bring this clean energy to every home, business or rocket. Meanwhile, scientists are still pursuing to generate more energy than is needed to create nuclear fusion, known as net energy or positive output, and at smaller and smaller sites.
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