Nuclear fusion sound amazing when you think about it. Taking two elements smashing them together to create a new, heavier element sounds like it comes out of a science fiction movie. The fact that it can be used to create energy without the harmful radioactivity, like it can in fission, can mean a lot of green opportunity, and we are closer to this than you might think.
It's also cool that the only place we know of nuclear fusion happening is in a top of a line lab, like this
Nuclear fission, on the other hand, is the spitting of an atom into two lighter ones. And we do this, like a lot. Around 25% of electricity in the U.S. is created with fission, and a lot more in France, around 85%! A fifth of the world energy is provided by nuclear power plants, even though they might have some fundamental problems.
Overall, fission and fusion seems pretty cool, even if it can be dangerous.
Great point! I never realized how much nuclear fission was used around the world.
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