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Nuclear fusion requires very high temperatures and immense pressures to start and continue. The problems with a nuclear fusion reactor would be:-
1) the high temperatures would melt the container: therefore, the reaction would have to be stored in a vacuum suspended by a magnetic field and the reactor would have to be continually cooled.
2) nuclear fusion occurs naturally in stars such as our sun: unless the fusion reaction was limited in size in some way, it would be likely that our planet is vapourised by the reaction.
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What are the technical problems relatd to nuclear fusion?
Nuclear fusion normally occurs at high temperatures and pressures. A fusion reaction would melt the container and would have to be suspended by a magnetic field in a vacuum and the container would have to be continually cooled to prevent a meltdown.
What do you think about Nuclear Fusion?
A new idea that could be a answer to energy problems.
A reaction in combining smaller atomic nuclei is?
nuclear fusion
What are the problems with nuclear fusion?
I found the website K1 Project very helpful. They had several articles underneath their Learn/Energy tab which should answer any questions about nuclear fusion.
What process produces the largest amount of energy given off by stars?
Nuclear Fusion
How is Nuclear fusion and helium atoms related?
They are related because it is the element most often used in fusion in both the natural and synthesised fusions of the universe. Look up fusion in the sun for more information
If a protostar doesn't undergo a nuclear fusion what will it turn into?
A Brown DwarfSee related question
The process of combining two small nuclei into one nucleus of larger mass is called?
Combining two atomic nuclei is called nuclear fusion.
Is fusion chemical nuclear or mechanical?
Fusion is a nuclear reaction.
Is nuclear chain reaction is called fusion?
The idea of nuclear fusion occurring at room temperature is called cold fusion.
Nuclear energy can be an answer to the problem caused by the use of fossil fuel?
It might, if we eventually manage to harness nuclear fusion. Nuclear fission is fraught with problems, especially the disposal of nuclear waste.
Is fusion nuclear energy or chemical energy?
Nuclear fusion produces nuclear energy
