Nuclear Fusion is constantly present in our solar system. In the core of the sun, Hydrogen is converted to Helium providing enough energy to sustain life on earth. This process occurs at temperatures of 10-15 million degrees Celsius. Scientists are now trying different methods here on Earth to make fusion the next large-scale energy source. The most suitable reaction occurs between the nuclei of the two isotopes of Hydrogen - Deuterium and Tritium. Scientist have …
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…causes it to resist any change in its motion so that lasers or ion beams can bombard a glass microsphere containing a small amount of hydrogen which compresses the fuel to densities 1000 times and creates a few fusion reactions. Magnetic confinement uses strong magnetic fields arranged differently in several different structures to contain the plasma. Scientists now are working on several different fusion techniques. The question of which one will work first is left unanswered.