Fusion energy breakthrough at Sandia Labs

April 26, 2007 | Source: KurzweilAI

An electrical circuit that should carry enough power to produce the long-sought goal of controlled high-yield nuclear fusion and do it every 10 seconds has undergone extensive preliminary experiments and computer simulations at Sandia National Laboratories.

Circuits on an LTD device able to produce large electrical impulses rapidly and repeatedly

Circuits on an LTD device able to produce large electrical impulses rapidly and repeatedly

The development may make it possible to provide humanity unlimited electrical energy from cheap, abundant seawater in the future.