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EPISODE · Oct 24, 2024 · 36 MIN

Episode 6 - With nuclear fusion, the future of clean energy is bright. It's also made world annihilation more possible

from Twelve Thousand Bombs · host WGLT

Since the 1970s, physicists have worked on developing nuclear fusion as a clean, carbon-free, inexhaustible fuel source. Essentially building a big star on Earth, the United States and other nuclear powers have also used the technology to make nuclear weapons exponentially more powerful. Princeton physicist Stewart Prager joins the podcast to talk about the intersection between nuclear fusion, energy production and arms control.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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