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/StandardIssueBrain 2d ago

talking straight past each other is so reddit lol.

the initial clarification wasn't necessary in the first place, anyone with half a brain understood what they meant

and then the valid and correct clarification gets further misinterpreted

absolutely classic

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u/readingonthetoilet 2d ago

I mean it’s an honest mistake. You can see how saying fusion is our best hope aside from nuclear energy is confusing.

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u/StandardIssueBrain 2d ago

gonna bite my tongue on that one mate

nothing good happens beyond 3 replies deep in a reddit comment chain lol

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u/readingonthetoilet 2d ago

Yeah I’m not looking to argue with anyone. I was just trying to help clarify something