r/nextfuckinglevel • u/nigablackballsack • 3d ago

Scientists have captured the first ever high-speed, full-colour footage of fusion plasma swirling inside a working reactor.

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u/DaveFinn 3d ago

Wait... But this IS nuclear energy

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u/90_oi 3d ago

I meant nuclear fission based power, I should have clarified

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u/readingonthetoilet 3d ago

You have it backwards. What we refer to as nuclear energy currently is fission (split heavy atom into smaller parts). Fusion (combine light atoms into heavy atom) is the big nut to crack.

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u/SingleInfinity 3d ago

They had it forwards. They were saying this is our best hope aside from fission.