Many today are talking about a “fission fusion society"

The greatest obstacle to fusion supplying the world with limitless electricity is learning how to maintain a balance between magnetic confinement and the severe heat.

Nuclear fusion has been ten years away for thirty years. Could that be about to change?

BY EDWARD MOSES: 192 laser beams were pointed at a peppercorn-sized target and a tiny sun was created on Earth.

The next necessary breakthrough will require an entire fusion reactor - including all input energy to create it — to produce more net energy than it consumes.

The potential of this safe, clean, endlessly abundant energy source could change everything. Let's do the science and find out.

Nuclear breakthroughs abound despite doubts

What makes Magnetized Target Fusion different than “tokamak” fusion technologies, such as the famous ITER project in France, is that it does not need extraordinary outside power to kick it into operation.

NELA aims to reestablish U.S. leadership in nuclear energy by focusing the Department of Energy on demonstrating advanced reactor concepts, providing fuel for initial advanced nuclear reactors, and developing the nuclear energy workforce

The worldwide race to achieve affordable, functional nuclear fusion is rolling along, with new players popping up all over the map seeking a slice of what promises to be an unlimited energy pie that could pave the way to interplanetary travel (among many other things).

Can we harness the power of the stars?

Can nuclear fusion power the future? CFACT is exploring arguments for and against fusion's viability. Dr. Jay Lehr weighs in with severe doubts.