Was There a "Major" Breakthrough in Fusion? Not Really...Here Are The Facts
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Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about new announcement about a potential breakthrough in fusion
Links:
https://theconversation.com/how-far-has-nuclear-fusion-power-come-we-could-be-at-a-turning-point-for-the-technology-195114
https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/5.0085304
https://www.llnl.gov/news/national-ignition-facility-experiment-puts-researchers-threshold-fusion-ignition
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.075001
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02022-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3odtCyOty-Q
Previous video with details: https://youtu.be/5M5U2_9eEgM
#fusion #physics #breakingnews
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0:00 Intro
1:39 Summary of Other Research
4:16 Major New Technology Using Projectiles
5:20 Laser Based Technology
7:20 Labs Couldn't Recreate It
8:48 Addressing The Shortcomings and the Buts
10:50 Pellet Issue
11:55 How Frequently Can We Use This? Not Very
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First Light Fusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTMPigL7FB8
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