nuclear fusion

noun

physics
: a process in which the nuclei of atoms are joined

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Recent Examples on the Web Google, Microsoft, and several other companies have invested or agreed to buy electricity in start-ups promising nuclear fusion—an even more powerful and cleaner form of nuclear power that remains highly experimental—as have billionaires including Sam Altman, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2024 As the science of nuclear fusion continues to advance, tackling some of the smaller issues that arise through advancing research can have a big impact. Michael Franco, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2024 Siegfried Hecker, a former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory, believes the blasts included two uranium devices that would be suitable for tactical weapons, and one thermonuclear bomb that likely used tritium to boost its yield with a jolt of nuclear fusion. Byrichard Stone, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024 Proponents of the idea believe the fund could be tapped to support emerging technologies where there are high barriers of entry — including shipbuilding, emerging geothermal and nuclear fusion projects, and quantum cryptography. Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nuclear fusion 

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nuclear fusion

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