How Seawater Can Power the World Op-Ed

Scientists not only produce 100 million-degree plasmas routinely, but they control and manipulate such "small suns" with remarkable finesse. Since 1970 the power produced by magnetic fusion in the lab has grown from one-tenth of a watt, produced for a fraction of a second, to 16 million wa...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Author Prager, Stewart C
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 11.07.2011
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
Subjects
Electric power
Fusion
Isotopes
Nuclear energy
Oceans
Plasma physics
Seawater
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Summary:Scientists not only produce 100 million-degree plasmas routinely, but they control and manipulate such "small suns" with remarkable finesse. Since 1970 the power produced by magnetic fusion in the lab has grown from one-tenth of a watt, produced for a fraction of a second, to 16 million watts produced for one second -- a billionfold increase in fusion energy.
ISSN:0362-4331