NEI Nuclear Notes

A project on Indiegogo: Scientists at LPP Fusion, led by Chief Scientist Eric Lerner, are just one step away from this groundbreaking technology and we need your help for the final push. One step away! That’s pretty exciting, belying the fusion joke that a breakthrough is always five years away – unless of course that’s how long the step takes. Rising energy costs and resource scarcity are concerns shared by the developed and developing world alike.  We need the ultimate renewable energy technology in the form of fusion energy, the source of energy for the Sun and stars.  If we can succeed, Focus Fusion's low cost and easily distributed electricity will eliminate both global energy poverty and global air pollution once and for all.  Bold in original – and bold in concept. One thing you should not do when selling fusion is rank on fission. Bad form. Today, nuclear energy means nuclear fission, which raises issues like long-lived radioactive waste a...