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Is nuclear fusion often used as an energy source in power plants?
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∙ 11y ago
No. Not presently. Existing power plants only use nuclear fission. Nuclear fusion is, due to technological difficulties, the greatest of which is confinement, at least 50 to 100 years away, barring some amazing discovery, of which I cannot presently conceive, given the current state of technology.
When the fusion reaction (D + T) occurs energy is released mainly in neutrons. Somehow these neutrons must be absorbed into some material which would then get hot and be able to do work. This engineering aspect has not been solved to my knowledge.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 15y agoNo, there are no commercial nuclear fusion plants in operation (i.e plants selling power to the grid).
Generation of power using nuclear fusion is still a research dream that is being hotly pursued.
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∙ 11y agoCurrently there are no fusion power plants in the world. There are several research reactors, the most well-know of which is JET, the Joint European Torus, based in Oxfordshire, England.
Currently funding and most media attention is focused on the ITER reactor currently under construction in Cadarache, southern France. This is still not a power plant - it's a research reactor but built on the same kind of scale that a commercial plant would need be.
If ITER works out as expected then we should see a lot of investment and work on commercial plants relatively soon afterwards.
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∙ 11y agoyes because if they used nuclear energy it would go around in a circle
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∙ 9y agoNo nuclear fusion reactors is currently used on commercial basis.
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