England Does Not Want To Lose Joins In Making Artificial Suns

 

British technology company Tokamak Energy is working to recreate the nuclear fusion often referred to as the artificial sun. They claim to be leaders in the race to develop commercial fusion tools that will revolutionize the power generation sector.
Unlike conventional nuclear smelting reactors, where energy is released by splitting uranium atoms, smelting power plants cannot melt like the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, which emitted radioactive feathers.



A malfunctioning fusion reactor will then cool, as the fusion process fails. In addition, fuel for smelting reactors is inexhaustible and very cheap because the raw material, hydrogen, can be obtained from seawater. The electrical energy produced by a smelting reactor is not only zero carbon but also immune to climate change.





According to Tokamak Energy founder and co -chairman Dr David Kingham, in a few months, the Didcot reactor known as ST 40 will pass a milestone when the plasma reaches 100 million degrees Celsius. This achievement is six times hotter than the heart of the Sun.



“Our company is on track to provide the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion power plant by the end of the 2030s,” he said.



Dr Kingham’s optimism is taken seriously by the government as well as investors. Kwasi Kwarteng’s Secretary of State for Business Strategy, Energy and Industry even visited the Didcot plant and mentioned that Tokamak would grow exponentially.



To date, Tokamak is backed by £ 150 million from private investors and a government grant of £ 10 million. It now has a workforce of 165 people, including some of the UK’s leading scientists and from around the world. The number of employees is planned to double by the end of next year, as they plan to open new laboratories and workshops.



He explained that the keys to a company’s success are two important innovations. The first, developed and patented a high -temperature superconducting magnet that uses only a tenth of the energy, uses a material known as Rare Earth Copper Oxide Barium.



The second innovation is the shape of the reactor which is made like an apple with a core in the middle. A large number of other artificial sun rays, create a donut -like fusion reactor design with a cavity in the center. Design changes like apples, according to Dr. Kingham, much more effective.



Currently, a number of countries are competing to develop nuclear fusion such as the Sun, in addition to the UK, there are China, South Korea, the United States, Russia, and India that make artificial Suns.



The private sector does not want to be left behind in the same field. Technology companies that also develop nuclear fusion include U.S. airline technology company Lockheed Martin and online retail giant Jeff Bezos ’Amazon. In addition, there is also the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) smelting reactor project. The reactor under construction in southern France is expected to be the largest fusion reactor in the world when it operates in 2035.

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