Nuclear Fusion Energy: The Race to Create a Star on Earth

If the processes powering the fusion reactor at the Sun's core could be recreated on Earth, it would be one of the most important events in the history of our species. Nuclear fusion power plants could end our dependency on fossil fuels and provide a virtually limitless, highly efficient source of clean energy.

We went to two of the world's leading nuclear fusion research centers—Sandia National Labs in New Mexico and General Fusion outside Vancouver—to see how close we are to bringing the power of the stars down to Earth.

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[aomz]

100 million for nuclear fusion
but 222 million for neymar

this world ... no words

[shinjiprofile]

"the power of the sun, on the palm of my hands"

-Dr.Octavius

[a-drewg]

why dont we just go to the sun during the night time when it is cool and take a piece off, that would be so much simpler.

[swiftplus]

One day somebody is gonna fall into that thing as it’s turned on and become a superhero...

[SentByTheInternet]

i came to the comment section to hear the experts opinion on nuclear energy

[Cluelessskateables]

Should definitely have taken 30 seconds to explain to the masses why fusion is different from fission; most people still don't get that it's non-toxic/basically god level energy creation

[VfletchS]

When I was 13, fusion was "30 years away". I'm 53 now, and fusion is "30 years away".

[MAKAPOPI]

Humans : Builds a new star.


Sun: Am I a joke to you?

[oneeco]

150 million degrees Celsius?

Did I hear that right?

[oz]

How many double AA batteries do you need to turn this on ?

[sdimartino]

It’s all fun and games till someone tears a hole in spacetime.

[PebbleLifts]

This looks like something that could go wrong in june

[thatdirtymichiganmusician]

An on-running joke is that fusion is always 30 years away😂

[aquacelot]

How hard can it be just put 2 hydrogen atoms in a hydraulic press

[jamesteak]

what do you mean you don't have your own star? are you THAT poor?

[bobbymac]

Thirty, or forty years away? I can remember them saying this in a 1950's popular mechanic article...….

[NetTubeUser]

I'm really impressed to see these machines. They are fantastic! It's unbelievable that some people have created these extremely complex, precise and clean machines -- I'm speechless.

[dvsxavier]

1. Nuclear Fusion - is combining atoms together to create vast amount of energy
2. Cold Fusion - is combining hydrogen with a metal to create energy
3. Nuclear Fission - is splitting atoms to create vast amounts of energy

[Zealotux]

The amount of nuclear experts in the comments, damn.

[schoppindafield]

Goku and Vegeta were able to do it with a flick of an earring and a dance