The new method for harnessing the power of the Sun is “cheaper than traditional fusion approaches.”
U.K.-based startup First Light Fusion is developing its prototype Big Friendly Gun (BFG) in a bid to achieve nuclear fusion without relying on lasers and powerful magnets.
A pistol shrimp-inspired nuclear fusion method.
First Light Fusion.
The company recently performed a test-fire of its BFG prototype at its facility in Oxford, a Newsweek report explains. The company’s test campaign could finally unlock the potential of nuclear fusion by using an alternative method to mimic the Sun’s energy production method.
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