NUCLEAR POWER -
WITH NO RISK, AND
NO WASTE?
((MAUREEN))
UNIVERSITY OF
ROCHESTER
SCIENTISTS ARE
GETTING CLOSER TO
CLEAN, SAFE NUCLEAR
POWER.
JAMES GILBERT GOT A
FIRST HAND LOOK AT
THE TECHNOLOGY
TODAY.
AMONG THE
UNIVERSITY OF
ROCHESTER BUILDINGS
- AFTER BEING LED
THROUGH A LABRINTH
OF HALLWAYS - WE
ENDED UP HERE -
WITH LASER LAB
ENERGETICS SCIENTIST
DUSTIN FROULA - TO A
MASSIVE LASER -
"we are able to
transfer laser energy
in a plasma."
SO - ONE BIG - NEW
LASER - BEAMS INTO
60 OTHER LASERS TO
MAKE PLASMA - THAT
COMBINES PARTICLES
- AND IDEALLY - YOU
GET ENERGY - WITH
ZERO WASTE
" they tranfer energy
between one beam
and the other, and
understanding that
transfer of energy is
really critical"
" THIS LAB IN
ROCHESTER IS
GOING INTO A NEW
CHAPTER TO USE
THIS LASER TO GET
THAT MUCH
CLOSER TO A NEW
ENERGY USING
FUSION."
THIS ENERGY IS
NOTHING NEW - BUT
THE TECHNOLOGY IS -
STAFF SCIENTIST DAVE
TURNBULL SAYS THEY
ARE DOING
EXPERIMENTS -
THOUGHT ONCE TO BE
JUST A DREAM
" we've been able to
examine some ideas
that were proposed
decads ago but have
not been
experimentally
demonstrated
because of the
complexity of the
environment."
THE COMPLEXITY IS
WORTH IT - FOR THE
ENERGY
"It can be a clean
energy source of the
future and as long as
you have water
around you, you can
have an energy
source.
A SOURCE THAT
MIGHT BE ORIGINATED
- IN OUR BACKYARD.
JAMES GILBERT, NEWS
8.
((MAUREEN/WEBCLI
CK))
THANKS JAMES.
THERE ARE
EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITES TO
VISIT THE LASER LAB.
FIND THIS STORY AT
ROCHESTER FIRST DOT
COM FOR DETAILS.
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