{"id":608018,"date":"2024-02-09T13:51:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T10:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nuclear-fusion-world-record-a-promising-step-toward-limitless-energy\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T13:51:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T10:51:44","slug":"nuclear-fusion-world-record-a-promising-step-toward-limitless-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nuclear-fusion-world-record-a-promising-step-toward-limitless-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nuclear fusion world record a promising step toward limitless energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3659c40cf38\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3659c40cf38\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nuclear-fusion-world-record-a-promising-step-toward-limitless-energy\/#Why_is_JET_being_shutdown\" >Why is JET being shutdown?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nuclear-fusion-world-record-a-promising-step-toward-limitless-energy\/#Can_fusion_deliver\" >Can fusion deliver?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In its last hurrah before being shut down, a 40-year-old fusion reactor in the UK set a new world record for energy output \u2014 bringing the decades-old promise of clean, limitless energy one step closer to reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists at the Joint European Torus (JET) \u2014 a huge, donut-shaped machine known as a tokamak \u2014 produced a record 69 megajoules of fusion energy for five seconds, surpassing the <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/75496422-be4b-48e9-b445-d987813a126f\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previous record<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of 59 megajoules set in 2021. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This equates to a power output of 12.5 megawatts, enough<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to power around 12,000 households.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UK\u2019s nuclear minister <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Bowie called the<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> latest breakthrough a \u201cfitting swansong\u201d for JET, which <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">concluded its scientific operations at the end of December 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Fusion Energy Record Pulse from JET DTE3 campaign - Pulse #104522\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{background:#000;height:100%}img{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;transition:opacity .1s cubic-bezier(0.4,0,1,1)}a:hover img+img{opacity:1!important}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=\" https:=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/hQVzroA9qsE\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"top: 50%;left:50%;width:68px;height:48px;transform:translate3d(-50%,-50%,0)\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 300 scientists and engineers from EUROfusion, a consortium of researchers across Europe, contributed to the landmark experiments at the former nuclear fusion test site in Oxford<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"inarticle-wrapper channel-cta\">\n<div class=\"ica-text\">\n<p class=\"ica-text__title\">TNW Conference 2024 &#8211; 2 for 1 Flash Sale<\/p>\n<p>Get two tickets for the price of one. Offer Ends on Monday 12 February<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor Ambrogio Fasoli, programme manager at EUROfusion, sai<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d the new energy record \u201cinstills greater confidence\u201d in future fusion machines like <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/worlds-largest-fusion-project-is-in-big-trouble-new-documents-reveal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ITER<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a \u20ac22bn fusion reactor currently under construction in France.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBeyond setting a new record, we achieved things we\u2019ve never done before and deepened our understanding of fusion physics,\u201d said the Italian physicist.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The experiment was attained using just <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">0.2 milligrams of deuterium-tritium fuel. The tokamak takes these hydrogen isotopes and heats them to temperatures hotter than the Sun so that their nuclei fuse together, releasing huge amounts of energy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When running, the machine reached temperatures of 150 million\u00b0C \u2014 temporarily making it the hottest point in our solar system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_JET_being_shutdown\"><\/span><b>Why is JET being shutdown?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1958 when US WWII research on fusion was declassified it sent Russia, UK, Europe, Japan, and the US on a race to develop fusion for energy production.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Brits and the Europeans decided to team up and thus, JET was born. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reactor was first commissioned in 1983 and set its first fusion energy record in 1997.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JET <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">remained the world\u2019s most advanced experimental fusion reactor ever made before it was shut down. Its experiments were critical to the development of ITER and other <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/world-nuclear.org\/information-library\/current-and-future-generation\/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwide.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">planned fusion devices<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UK and EUROfusion announced that they would close JET this year back in 2016, with the hope that ITER would already be up and running.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1403763 js-lazy\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1178\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1-267x210.jpg 267w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1-172x135.jpg 172w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1-344x270.jpg 344w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1-796x625.jpg 796w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fdeep-tech%2F2024%2F02%2F09%2Fnuclear-fusion-world-record%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The Joint European Torus (JET) magnetic fusion experiment in 1991. At the heart of this jumble of machinery is a doughnut-shaped vessel where numerous world records for fusion energy production have been set. Credit: EFDA JET\/Wikimedia Commons\u00a0\" data-title=\"Share The Joint European Torus (JET) magnetic fusion experiment in 1991. At the heart of this jumble of machinery is a doughnut-shaped vessel where numerous world records for fusion energy production have been set. Credit: EFDA JET\/Wikimedia Commons\u00a0 on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The Joint European Torus (JET) magnetic fusion experiment in 1991. At the heart of this jumble of machinery is a doughnut-shaped vessel where numerous world records for fusion energy production have been set. Credit: EFDA JET\/Wikimedia Commons\u00a0 on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>The Joint European Torus (JET) magnetic fusion experiment in 1991. At the heart of this jumble of machinery is a doughnut-shaped vessel where numerous world records for fusion energy production have been set. Credit: <span class=\"mw-mmv-author\">EFDA JET\/Wiki<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> Commons<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1403763\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1-267x210.jpg 267w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1-172x135.jpg 172w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1-344x270.jpg 344w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/The_JET_magnetic_fusion_experiment_in_1991-1-796x625.jpg 796w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cITER has always been seen as the successor of JET,\u201d said Emilia Solano, a fusion researcher at the Madrid-based National Fusion Laboratory of Spain. \u201cBut now we are facing a huge gap in time between the two fusion experiments. We need to bridge that gap.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ITER is only set to start <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deuterium-tritium reactions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2035 \u2014 although it has already been <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/worlds-largest-fusion-project-is-in-big-trouble-new-documents-reveal\/#:~:text=By%20the%20time%20of%20the,to%20introduce%20even%20more%20delays.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">delayed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> several times. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solano is the leader of a <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/physicsworld.com\/a\/petition-calls-on-uk-to-save-jet-fusion-experiment-from-closure\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">petition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launched in October 2023 against the closure of JET. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 750 petition signatories believe the decommissioning is \u201ca serious scientific blow\u201d that will have a \u201cnegative impact\u201d on the worldwide fusion community.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are political motivations at play, too. In the wake of Brexit, the UK left the European Atomic Energy Community, which funded JET. While the two regions still worked together until this year, the UK has made it clear it is pursuing its own, separate fusion<span style=\"background-color: rgba(46, 146, 255, 0.008);\"> interests <\/span>from now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Late last year, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the UK government <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/qanda_23_4373\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">confirmed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it would not play a role in the ITER megaproject, of which many countries including <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the EU, Russia, the US and China are part<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn line with the preferences of the UK fusion sector, the UK has decided to pursue a domestic fusion energy strategy instead of associating with the EU\u2019s Euratom programme,\u201d the government said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The UK is currently developing the\u00a0Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) project, a \u00a32bn grid-connected fusion <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/step.ukaea.uk\/\">reactor<\/a> that aims to produce more electricity than it uses.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shutdown of JET is in many ways symbolic of the breakdown in relations between the UK and European <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> communities post-Brexit. And yet, the work that has already been done could prove critical in paving the way to viable fusion energy production going forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_fusion_deliver\"><\/span><b>Can fusion deliver?\u00a0<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JET milestone is a big one, but scientists are still a long way off from making fusion energy commercially viable. The experiment in December consumed far more energy than it produced, and the reaction was only sustained for five seconds.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While a team at the US National Ignition Facility famously managed to create a fusion reaction that <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-023-04045-8#:~:text=In%20December%202022%2C%20after%20more,a%20phenomenon%20known%20as%20ignition.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">produced more energy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than it used \u2014 a process known as \u201cignition\u201d \u2014\u00a0 their machine was largely designed for nuclear warhead experiments, not the kind of fusion energy we would need to power cities and homes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many other challenges remain, such as developing the right materials to withstand the superheated conditions found in a reactor, keeping the plasma more stable, and sustaining the reaction for sufficient periods of time to generate reliable power.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1403764 size-full js-lazy\" alt=\"the ITER fusion plant computer-generated image\" width=\"1640\" height=\"1090\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-203x135.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-406x270.jpg 406w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-796x529.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-1592x1058.jpg 1592w\"\/><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fdeep-tech%2F2024%2F02%2F09%2Fnuclear-fusion-world-record%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The ITER tokamak fusion reactor will be the largest of its kind ever built and twice the size of JET. Credit: ITER\" data-title=\"Share The ITER tokamak fusion reactor will be the largest of its kind ever built and twice the size of JET. Credit: ITER on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The ITER tokamak fusion reactor will be the largest of its kind ever built and twice the size of JET. Credit: ITER on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>The ITER tokamak fusion reactor will be the largest of its kind ever built and twice the size of JET. Credit: ITER<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1403764 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"the ITER fusion plant computer-generated image\" width=\"1640\" height=\"1090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-203x135.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-406x270.jpg 406w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-796x529.jpg 796w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2024\/02\/usiter_fusion-copy-2-1592x1058.jpg 1592w\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same day <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as the JET milestone, the EU\u2019s climate service announced that global warming had exceeded 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels across an entire year for the first time. This means<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-68110310\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we have already failed to meet the Paris Agreement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the prospect of abundant, clean, limitless fusion energy sounds like a quickfix to the climate crisis, it may be too little too late. Aneeqa Khan from the University of Manchester <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/20240205181149\/https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2414681-nuclear-fusion-reaction-releases-almost-twice-the-energy-put-in\/#selection-1059.0-1065.407\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">warns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against interpreting progress in fusion research as a possible solution to the energy transition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are already facing the devastation from climate change on a global scale,\u201d she told <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/20240205181149\/https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2414681-nuclear-fusion-reaction-releases-almost-twice-the-energy-put-in\/#selection-1059.0-1065.407\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Scientist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cIn the short term, we need to use existing low-carbon technologies such as fission and renewables, while investing in fusion for the long term, to be part of a diverse low-carbon energy mix.\u201d<\/span>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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