Inside The UKs Breakthrough Fusion Reactor - First Light Fusion

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First Light Fusion are taking an compelling approach to fusion, elimating the physics complexity, and engineering for scalable clean energy. I had the opportunity to see inside First Light's breakthrough fusion reactor and wanted to bring to along for the journey. Merch! I think Scientists are Rockstars so I made t-shirts to celebrate it Einstein Rockstar Tee: https://www.drbenmiles.com/merch/p/rockstar-scientist-tee-einstein Curie Rockstar Tee: https://www.drbenmiles.com/merch/p/rockstar-scientist-tee-curie Schrodinger Rockstar Tee: https://www.drbenmiles.com/merch/p/rockstar-scientist-schrodinger 00:00 Introduction to First Light Fusion 01:32 The BFG 3:00 First Light's Approach to Fusion 04:56 Inside The Control Room 05:34 How do you run a fusion experiment? 08:56 Fusion Inspired by Nature - The Pistol Shrimp 10:36 Machine 3 - Researching Scalable Fusion 12:05 The Projectile 16:11 Powering A Fusion Machine - Capacitors And Switches 19:32 Inside The Reaction Chamber 23:19 Firing The BFG 25:47 Conclusion If you enjoy the channel and want even more physics, tech, and business content, I've just launched new Instagram and Threads pages. Follow on the links below Insta: https://www.instagram.com/drbenmiles Threads: https://threads.net/drbenmiles Newsletter https://drbenmiles.substack.com/ A few people have asked so I've added the info below. Some of these are affiliate links. If you make a purchase it doesn't cost you anything extra, but a percentage of the sale will help support this channel and my work to bringing entrepreneurship into science. My camera : https://amzn.to/3ed5Xac My lens: https://amzn.to/3xIAZyA My lav: https://amzn.to/2SeE20Y and https://amzn.to/3nK33wA My mic: https://amzn.to/3gUYYEv