Solutions for Social Impact: Creating a Star on Earth

Solutions for Social Impact: Creating a Star on Earth

Creating a Star on Earth

The role of Nuclear Fusion in a Carbon Emission-free Future

Thursday, October 20, at 5:30 p.m. in the McCarthy Recital Hall

Presented by Physics Professor Dr. Alain Brizard and Student Researchers

Nuclear fusion offers unlimited energy with zero carbon emission, promising significant benefits in a world where climate change pushes us toward an uncertain future. Nuclear fusion energy powers all stars, including the sun. But, creating this type of nuclear energy on Earth comes at a very high technological cost – building a nuclear fusion reactor means creating a star on Earth under conditions seen nowhere in the universe.

Professor Alain Brizard has been one of the world’s leading theorists in fusion plasma research for almost four decades. He will discuss work done over the last 60 years toward building a nuclear fusion reactor, the promising outlook for harnessing nuclear fusion power over the next 30 years, and his own recent research done with the help of Saint Michael’s College students.

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