Nuclear fusion is achieved through a new technique in which fuel is accelerated to 156,586mph
Daily MailIt's often described as the 'holy grail' of power production, and now scientists have come up with a new technique to achieve nuclear fusion. First Light Fusion, a spin-out from the University of Oxford, has used a technique called projectile fusion to accelerate fuel at 200 times the speed of sound. In First Light's case, a large two-stage hyper-velocity gas gun is used to launch a projectile at a target containing the fusion fuel. First Light Fusion set out to come up with a new method to achieve nuclear fusion that is simpler, more energy efficient and has a lower physics risk. In First Light's case, a large two-stage hyper-velocity gas gun is used to launch a 100g projectile at a pellet containing the fusion fuel, in the form of tritium and deuterium.
Discover Related
)
)
)
)
)