#403: Fusion Ignition Breakthrough and Python
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audio
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Publication Date |
Feb 13, 2023
Episode Duration |
01:04:42
Imagine a world with free and unlimited clean energy. That's the musings of a great science fiction story. But nuclear fusion (the kind that powers the sun) has always been close at hand, we see the sun every day, and yet impossibly far away as a technology. We took a major step towards this becoming a reality with the folks at the Lawrence Livermore National Labratory in the US achieved "ignition" where they got significantly more energy out than they put in. And Python played a major role in this research and experiment. We have Jay Salmonson here to give us a look at the science and the Python code of this discovery. Links from the show
Jay on Mastodon: hachyderm.io/@jdsalmonson Jay on Twitter: @JaySalmonson Official Announcement: lasers.llnl.gov QnD Package: github.com PlasmaPy: plasmapy.org ML in Fusion: llnl.gov National Ignition Facility Achieves Ignition in Historic Nuclear Fusion Experiment: newenergytimes.net Video demonstrating the fusion lab: youtube.com Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy
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Imagine a world with free and unlimited clean energy. That's the musings of a great science fiction story. But nuclear fusion (the kind that powers the sun) has always been close at hand, we see the sun every day, and yet impossibly far away as a technology. We took a major step towards this becoming a reality with the folks at the Lawrence Livermore National Labratory in the US achieved "ignition" where they got significantly more energy out than they put in. And Python played a major role in this research and experiment. We have Jay Salmonson here to give us a look at the science and the Python code of this discovery.

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