Fission involves splitting big heavy atoms into smaller, lighter ones. Fusion involves combining little atoms together into bigger ones. Both processes release a lot of energy.

However, achieving nuclear fusion requires the creation of insanely high temperatures, similar to the heat at the center of the sun. For this reason, EAST’s recent breakthrough is a major one.

Google signed the first direct corporate power purchase agreement for nuclear fusion energy with Commonwealth Fusion Systems. The global race to achieve commercial nuclear fusion is intensifying ...

AI tech companies are building small nuclear fission plants to power their data centers. However, nuclear fusion is the real prize, and investment is pouring in.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a spinout from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announced plans on Tuesday to build the world's first grid-scale commercial nuclear fusion power plant in ...

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Fuel for fusion is abundant, derived from deuterium, found in seawater, and tritium extracted from lithium. And unlike nuclear fission, there is no atomic waste involved.

Fusion is a nuclear process, but in this context, Srinivasan calls it fusion power. “Nuclear” comes with a lot of baggage (not to knock fission, she says, which has gotten better and cleaner ...

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Fuel for fusion is abundant, derived from a form of hydrogen found in seawater and tritium extracted from lithium. And unlike nuclear fission, there is no radioactive waste involved.

Fission and fusion are both nuclear reactions. But while one involves splitting atoms, the other involves fusing atoms together.