Power plants: Fusion- triggered fission.

• Autores: Graham P. Collins
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 304, Nº. 5, 2011, págs. 40-40
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses research by physicists and engineers at the U.S. National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, who have developed scheme that uses fusion, which is a process where two or more hydrogen atoms merge, releasing neutrons and energy, to drive fission, which is the process of splitting an atom into separate parts. A brief overview of the benefits of a hybrid fusion-fission power plant is presented.