Fusion Power

[Stewy]

A slight correction to what I previously posted in explanation to GMDino. I did some more research....

This was specifically a US based effort out in California.
-The US funded and sanctioned - Facility is called "Ignition"
-ITER is an international consortia Fusion effort of which the US is apart.
-A UK effort actually achieved positive energy from a reaction last year, but the % gain was very small, like less than 2%
-Ignition reaction generated OVER 50% more energy than was put into the reaction more than 50x the efficiency of the UK effort
-Ignition is a laser based approach, vs. the magnetic based approach of ITER and others
-Ignition uses 129 lasers, all focusing XRAYs constructively to start the fusion reaction
-ITER and other magnetic field fusion attempts use super strong magnetic fields to cause and contain the reaction
---I believe the laser based approach is pure "ignition" and not containment like the magnetic field version.
-Both methods use Deuterium (known as heavy water) as their fuel, which can be found and easily accessed from Seawater

Strangely, finding deep detail on Ignition (for we science geeks) is actually a struggle. :)