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424. Common Ground on Climate and Nuclear Energy | Dr. Dennis Whyte

2024/2/19
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Jordan Peterson认为核聚变技术具有变革性潜力,可以提供清洁能源并解决全球贫困问题。他强调了近年来核聚变技术取得的重大进展,例如首次实现产出能量超过消耗能量。他还讨论了核聚变与核裂变的区别,以及追求核聚变能源的必要性。 Dennis Whyte详细解释了核聚变的物理原理,包括太阳内部的核聚变过程、地球上实现核聚变所需的条件(温度、密度和约束),以及不同核聚变方法(磁约束和激光约束)的区别。他解释了等离子体的特性、约束等离子体的方法(磁约束),以及如何将核聚变产生的热能转化为电能。他还讨论了核聚变的安全性、环境效益以及与核裂变技术的比较。他认为核聚变技术具有长期可持续性,可以提供廉价、清洁和安全的能源。他最后还讨论了核聚变技术商业化的可能性以及面临的挑战,例如工程技术、成本控制和人才培养等。 Dennis Whyte详细解释了核聚变的物理原理,包括太阳内部的核聚变过程、地球上实现核聚变所需的条件(温度、密度和约束),以及不同核聚变方法(磁约束和激光约束)的区别。他解释了等离子体的特性、约束等离子体的方法(磁约束),以及如何将核聚变产生的热能转化为电能。他还讨论了核聚变的安全性、环境效益以及与核裂变技术的比较。他认为核聚变技术具有长期可持续性,可以提供廉价、清洁和安全的能源。他最后还讨论了核聚变技术商业化的可能性以及面临的挑战,例如工程技术、成本控制和人才培养等。

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Dr. Jordan Peterson speaks with nuclear fusion expert Dr. Dennis Whyte. They walk through how fusion differs from fission, the harnessable energy found at the center of the sun, how to recreate it on earth, the fourth state of matter known as plasma, and facing the consequences of technology while acknowledging that we must push forward.

 

Dennis Whyte is the Hitachi America Professor of Engineering, and prior director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT (He stepped down in November 2023). Whyte is considered a leader and innovator in fusion research, and currently leads the project SPARC - a compact, high-field, net fusion energy fusion device.

 

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