Nuclear Physics Explained
Nuclear Fusion: Obstacles and Achievements
TV-PG
S1 • E20 Apr 26, 2018 28mThe holy grail of nuclear power is fusion, which has been tantalizingly out of reach for decades. Learn why fusion power is so desirable and so difficult to achieve. Study the different strategies for attaining a contained, self-sustaining thermonuclear reaction, focusing on the tokamak, which confines a high-temperature plasma in a powerful toroidal magnetic field.