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Uses of Nuclear Fusion: Beyond a Green Energy Source
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[QUOTE="Dennis Jasbey, post: 5731652, member: 610924"] [SIZE=5]In the 1940’s and 1950’s, there were endless predictions of how “atomic energy” (i.e. fission) was going to power land vehicles and airplanes and [I]everything[/I] else. One Alex Lewyt, a leading manufacturer of vacuum cleaners, stated in 1955: ”Nuclear powered vacuum cleaners will be a reality within ten years.” How did that work out? Fast forward 60 years, and the U.S. cannot even manufacture a large-scale nuclear power plant (see Georgia and So. Carolina debacles). But don’t fret- [I]everything [/I]will be powered by Lockheed’s compact fusion reactor, also within ten years. As noted by Wolfman above, fission and fusion neutrons can actually be used to make valuable isotopes, but even that modest enterprise has been shut down in the U.S.[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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