SUMMARY
Recently the cause of world concern has been the decreasing amount of available world resources, and with that the increasing need for power. However, within the past few decades there has been a group of scientists have begun work on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor or ITER for short.
ITER when built will be over 100 feet tall and weigh nearly two times as much as the Eiffel tower. The structure, which sports an massive amount of magnets, holds a "magnetic bottle" in the center of the vacuum chamber. This Magnetic bottle is the only way thus devised to contain the nuclear fusion and the energy produced. no other material can withstand the heat.
Nuclear fusion is the process in which two atoms are forced together and then expel unnecessary particles producing massive amounts of energy. In the case of ITER, it will be using two isotopes of Hydrogen: Deuterium and Tritium.
The Energy released is non-polluting, and the atoms necessary for creating Tritium(lithium) is abundantly found in the ocean, we have a supply that will last for close to thirty million years. Though building the ITER is not cheap, it could eventually save the energy crisis by giving mass amounts of clean energy to the world.
Our Thoughts
The entirety of The First of Science lab team, namely two people, agree that the ITER should not only receive more funding, but also support from more countries. The ITER should be able to produce energy with little to no pollution. Not to mention the ITER can contain heat that is hotter than the sun. Fusion is the future of energy, and honestly what needs to happen is support on a global level, and together as a united world, we can solve the energy crisis.
Citation
Nuclear Fusion. N.d. Electropedia. Web. 19 Mar. 2014. <http://www.mpoweruk.com/nuclear_theory.htm>.
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