Lockheed Martin announces stunning breakthrough in fusion power, the key to limitless energy for the planet

Friday, February 5, 2016
By Paul Martin

by: David Gutierrez
NaturalNews.com
Friday, February 05, 2016

Lockheed Martin scientists have made a breakthrough in developing a nuclear-fusion-based power source, the company announced last year. The company projects that the first commercial reactors, which would be small enough to fit on the back of a truck, could be available within 10 years.

“We can make a big difference on the energy front,” project head Tom McGuire said.

According to McGuire, Lockheed Martin has been working for 60 years to find a way to make a power source based on nuclear fusion, as a safer and more efficient alternative to the fission reactors in use since the Cold War.

Operational in 10 years?

Nuclear fission, the energy source for modern nuclear power plants, occurs when heavy, radioactive elements such as uranium break apart into smaller elements. This process produces dangerous radiation as a byproduct and leaves behind toxic nuclear waste that can endure for centuries.

In contrast, fusion — which powers stars, including our own sun — occurs when small, light atoms, such as hydrogen, smash together to form heavier atoms. This process also releases enormous amounts of energy, without the risk of harmful radiation or radioactive byproducts that can pose a health or national security threat. To date, however, scientists have been unable to initiate fusion reactions on Earth without using more energy than the reaction produces.

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