Nuclear fission produces radioactive waste ... which trap the Sun's heat and are responsible for climate change. Most fusion experiments use hydrogen, which can be extracted cheaply from seawater ...
A bold leap or a huge gamble? A laser-fired diamond sphere is making waves in the world of nuclear fusion, but this technology is fraught with challenges.
Koenig, L. A., Mattauch, J. H. E., and Wapstra, A. H., 1960 Nuclear Data Tables, Part 2 (Nat. Acad. Sci., Washington, D.C.). Glendenin, L. E., Coryell, C. D., and ...
Nuclear fission does not release the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide. A controlled nuclear fission reaction releases one million times more energy per kg than a chemical reaction such as burning ...
These revelations touched off a frenzy of scientific work on fission around the world ... water to conduct one or two large-scale nuclear reactor experiments at a time. By the very end of the ...