Comments on: NIF Team Fires World’s First 2 Megajoule Ultraviolet Laser in Attempt to Unlock Nuclear Fusion http://inhabitat.com/nif-team-fires-worlds-first-2-megajoule-ultraviolet-laser-in-attempt-to-unlock-nuclear-fusion/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Hyncharas http://inhabitat.com/nif-team-fires-worlds-first-2-megajoule-ultraviolet-laser-in-attempt-to-unlock-nuclear-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-378740 Hyncharas Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:56:35 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=366190#comment-378740 Nuclear Fusion for humanity is a fundamentally flawed concept - we have the technology, but I don't think we have the understanding of what separates fusion from conventional fission (as found in existing reactor systems). It is possible that Uranium and Plutonium simply are the wrong materials to use in the process; Thorium, however, may be the missing link. Nuclear Fusion for humanity is a fundamentally flawed concept – we have the technology, but I don’t think we have the understanding of what separates fusion from conventional fission (as found in existing reactor systems).

It is possible that Uranium and Plutonium simply are the wrong materials to use in the process; Thorium, however, may be the missing link.

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