Americans promise to build fusion reactor in a year
It will be a 100-megawatt reactor.
The reactor is being built by Lockheed Martin Corp. Its scientists made technological breakthrough on October 15 – the first reactors that will be small enough to fit on the back of a truck may be launched within 10 years.
The work was secret for the last 6 years. However, Pentagon’s biggest supplier has decided to make it public to find partners now – state or private ones.
The preliminary results showed that it was possible to create a 100-megawatt reactor 10 times smaller than what is currently available, Reuters reports. The first compact fusion reactor will be built within a year and a prototype will be ready in five years, the company announced on Wednesday.
Lockheed has been interested in alternative energy for a few years – it will help compensate for the decrease of the income cause by the reduction of military expenses in the USA and Europe.
