fusion ignition

California’s government-funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory claim to have made a significant advance in the long-delayed pursuit of viable fusion energy. According to those participating in the research, the team was able to extract more energy from a fusion reaction that they had to put in — a first inContinue Reading

Fukushima

Japanese officials have approved the release of around 1.4 million liters of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean by the Fukushima nuclear power plant beginning next year. While the regulator claims that the environmental dangers are minor, there is still enough of tritium, a potentially carcinogenic byproduct, in theContinue Reading