Unprofessional Engineering

How Do Fusion Reactors Work? - Episode 244


Listen Later

What if I told you that there is a nearly endless source of nearly clean energy available for the world to use? It sounds too good to be true, right? Well, that's because it is. But fusion reactors could make that change very soon!
Currently only achieved in any large capacity in stars, we decided to look into how nuclear fusion reactors work to better understand just how close we are to making this a reality. Take a listen to learn how lasers and magnets are being used to get us closer to the reality of nuclear fusion, and how this will change energy production forever.
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Unprofessional EngineeringBy Unprofessional Engineering

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

431 ratings


More shows like Unprofessional Engineering

View all
The Best of Car Talk by NPR

The Best of Car Talk

16,498 Listeners

Stuff You Should Know by iHeartPodcasts

Stuff You Should Know

77,380 Listeners

Hidden Brain by Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam

Hidden Brain

43,373 Listeners

Pod Save America by Crooked Media

Pod Save America

86,090 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

111,049 Listeners