Nonprofit organization 5 Lakes Institute announced a regional fusion energy alliance at the Great Lakes Fusion Energy Summit at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tuesday. The alliance focused on “connecting the dots” between stakeholders, John Myer, 5 Lakes Institute fellow, said in a press release.
The organizing members of the Great Lakes Fusion Energy Alliance are nuclear engineering companies Realta Fusion, SHINE Technologies, Tokamak Energy and Fusion Fuel Cycles and manufacturing companies Strohwig Industries and Paragon D&E. The alliance hopes to expand to include “research institutions, manufacturers, technology developers, policymakers and community leaders,” according to the press release.
Nuclear fusion, the reaction that powers the sun, occurs when two small atomic nuclei are pushed together in highly-pressurized conditions, joining them together and creating a massive energy output in the process. Fusion has the potential to release four times more energy per kilogram of fuel than nuclear fission and nearly four million times more energy per kilogram than burning oil or coal, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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