The Big Bounce 2020 | Fusion Future: the Sun's Power on Earth

Broadcast live from Glasgow on the 31st October 2020 as part of the Big Bounce 2020 - a brand new science festival from the East End!

This show is ideal for those aged 11 to 100.

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Fusion is the reaction that powers the stars – small particles colliding and combining produce huge amounts of energy with no greenhouse gases and no long-lived radioactive waste. This makes fusion the ultimate energy source and scientists have been trying to do it on Earth for decades.

When it works, it will change the energy landscape; perhaps even change the world.
The next decade will be a really exciting one for fusion energy. Discussing why scientists have been chasing the fusion dream for so long and where fusion fits in the energy market, Melanie Windridge will show you why now is a key time.

She will introduce you to what it takes to harness the energy of the stars, some of the approaches being tried and talk about how private investment is moving the field towards commercialisation.

Dr Melanie Windridge is a plasma physicist, speaker, writer... with a taste for adventure. She has a PhD in fusion energy from Imperial College London, is Communications Consultant for fusion company Tokamak Energy, and is the author of Aurora: In Search of the Northern Lights and Star Chambers: the race for fusion power.

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Видео The Big Bounce 2020 | Fusion Future: the Sun's Power on Earth канала Institute of Physics