Exploring Why this Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Matters

A recent breakthrough on nuclear fusion has been announced by MIT scientists.

The fusion process is basically the opposite of fission and produces 4 times more energy than the fission process.

It's a potentially ideal source of energy for an average American for a year if fused in a power plant would make enough electricity for the average American in a year .

The National Ignition Facility , NIF , just recently broke the record for the fusion energy gain factor or the simple Q with a ratio.

Q isn't accounting for the full power and electricity required to run the facility and how much electricity it can actually generate from that reaction.

In 2025 , the massive international fusion project that's known as Eater is supposed to start producing super hot plasma with AQ greater than 10 in France .

A 10 fold increase in the power generation of the Commonwealth Fusion System spark reactor.

The new material, the high temperature superconductor, is a ceramic like compound of rare earths and barium copper oxide.

A stronger magnetic force translates into a 10 times greater power generated by the reactor.