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#353 – Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy
Lex Fridman Podcast
Jan 21, 2023
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3 hr 14 min
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Dennis Whyte is a nuclear scientist at MIT and the director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Rocket Money:
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OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (05:54) - Nuclear fusion (23:53) - e=mc^2 (38:20) - Fission vs fusion (43:32) - Nuclear weapons (47:19) - Plasma (54:29) - Nuclear fusion reactor (1:09:50) - 2022 nuclear fusion breakthrough explained (1:30:27) - Magnetic confinement (1:49:36) - ITER (1:54:23) - SPARC (2:08:23) - Future of fusion power (2:16:55) - Engineering challenges (2:35:36) - Nuclear disasters (2:40:21) - Cold fusion (2:54:36) - Kardashev scale (3:04:00) - Advice for young people
