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5th October 2009 – Nuclear Fusion: The HiPER Project

Professor Mike Dunne Director of the Rutherford Labs HiPER Project will introduce us to their approach to Fusion research which addresses some of the issues, like containment inherent in the Tokomak approach. He will explain how they plan to fire … Continue reading

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4th February 2008 – Bringing Nuclear Fusion Down to Earth

Chris Carpenter and Chris Warrick from Culham, the UK’s primary Fusion Research Centre helped us look into Nuclear Fusion (using the same processes that make the sun hot to create electricity on earth). Apart from the difficulties in creating a … Continue reading

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