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Christopher V. Young

joined in Jul 18, 2022

Staff Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA.

Young has 1 break published.

Creating Tiny Stars On Earth In The Quest For Fusion Power

Fusion is the physical process that powers the stars and harnessing this capability on Earth for carbon-free power generation is a grand challenge of modern physics. The potential payout is enormous – each gallon of seawater contains enough naturally-occurring fusion fuel (a special type of... click to read more

Christopher V. Young | Staff Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA

fusion

burning plasma

inertial confinement

national ignition facility

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Aug 1, 2022

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