Not exact matches
Fusion is the process of generating energy by melding
together light atoms; it requires heating the fusion fuel (
hydrogen isotopes) to tens or hundreds of millions of degrees.
Fusion reactors heat and squeeze a plasma — an ionized gas — composed of the
hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium, compressing the
isotopes until their nuclei overcome their mutual repulsion and fuse
together.
When completed in 2018, the reactor will fuse
together two heavy
isotopes of
hydrogen to release vast quantities of energy.
Take two
hydrogen isotopes and smash them
together with overwhelming force.