Thermo nuclear fusion
ТАММ Игорь Евгеньевич Андрей Дмитриевич Сахаров
TOKAMAK INVENTORS 1954
https://nstx.pppl.gov/overview.html
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Why it is impossible
https://www.ice-age-ahead-iaa.ca/scrp1/pefb000.htm
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French TOKAMAK
https://www.iter.org/mach
HISTORY
Nearly 30 years ago, a group of industrial nations agreed on a project to develop a new, cleaner and more sustainable source of energy.
ITER was set in motion at the Geneva Superpower Summit in November 1985, when the idea of a collaborative international project to develop fusion energy for peaceful purposes was proposed by General Secretary Gorbachev of the former Soviet Union to US President Reagan.
Building GALERY - ITER TOKAMAK
https://www.iter.org/construction/tkmfoundations
Main construction milestones:
2006 Signature of the ITER Agreement
2007-2009 Land clearing and levelling
2010-2014 Ground support structure and seismic foundations for the Tokamak
2014-2021 Construction of the Tokamak Building (access for first assembly activities in 2019)
2010-2021 Construction of the ITER plant and auxiliary buildings for First Plasma
2018-2025 Assembly phase 1
Dec 2025 First Plasma
FUSION OF HELIUM 3
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2716417/Could-moon-fuel-Earth-10-000-years-China-says-mining-helium-satellite-help-solve-worlds-energy-crisis.html
Could the moon fuel Earth for 10,000 years? China says mining helium from our satellite may help solve the world's energy crisis
Private groups are also interested in using fuel from the moon by mining water rather than helium
How much energy does the nuclear fission in one uranium atom give?
Reference: Physics forum
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/how-much-energy-does-the-nuclear-fission-in-one-uranium-atom-give.614367/
200 MeV, or ~3*10^(-11)J. To power a 100W light bulb for one second, you need ~3*10^12 (3 trillion) fission processes. The energy is large for an atom, but as atoms are really small it is small compared to all everyday scales.
I see... That means if you get about 1 kg of uranium235, you could make a huge explosion.... When making nuclear bombs , how much uranium do you need to release such energy?
Reference https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/how-much-energy-does-the-nuclear-fission-in-one-uranium-atom-give.614367/
A primitive U-235 bomb such as the one that destroyed the medium-sized city of Hiroshima and killed about 100,000 people requires more than 50 kilograms; but most of the uranium doesn't fission because the bomb blows itself apart before fission is complete. That bomb released about 10^14 joules, which means (thanks to mfb for the MeV to joules conversion) about 3*10^24 uranium atoms actually fissioned. That's about 1 kg.
Reference https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/how-much-energy-does-the-nuclear-fission-in-one-uranium-atom-give.614367/
A primitive U-235 bomb such as the one that destroyed the medium-sized city of Hiroshima and killed about 100,000 people requires more than 50 kilograms; but most of the uranium doesn't fission because the bomb blows itself apart before fission is complete. That bomb released about 10^14 joules, which means (thanks to mfb for the MeV to joules conversion) about 3*10^24 uranium atoms actually fissioned. That's about 1 kg.
Private groups are also interested in using fuel from the moon by mining water rather than helium