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ICYMI: Smashing atoms - making power from nuclear fusion
Explain that Stuff
20 minutes 56 seconds
6 months ago
ICYMI: Smashing atoms - making power from nuclear fusion
Nuclear power plants make about 10 percent of the world's energy by splitting atoms apart, but they have a very mixed history. So what about nuclear fusion, a better kind of nuclear power, that joins atoms together? We explain how it works... and look at whether it can deliver enough power to solve the energy crisis and climate change.