#353 – Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy

Jan 21, 2023 3h 14m

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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: <a href="https://rocketmoney.com/lex">https://rocketmoney.com/lex</a> – MasterClass: <a href="https://masterclass.com/lex">https://masterclass.com/lex</a> to get 15% off – InsideTracker: <a href="https://insidetracker.com/lex">https://insidetracker.com/lex</a> to get 20% off EPISODE LINKS: Dennis’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MIT_Fusion">https://twitter.com/MIT_Fusion</a> Dennis’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/dennis-whyte-33474a54">https://linkedin.com/in/dennis-whyte-33474a54</a> Dennis’s Website: <a href="https://www.psfc.mit.edu/whyte">https://www.psfc.mit.edu/whyte</a> SPARC: <a href="https://www.psfc.mit.edu/sparc">https://www.psfc.mit.edu/sparc</a> MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center: <a href="https://www.psfc.mit.edu">https://www.psfc.mit.edu</a> MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center’s YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/@mitplasmascienceandfusionc6211">https://youtube.com/@mitplasmascienceandfusionc6211</a> Commonwealth Fusion Systems: <a href="https://cfs.energy">https://cfs.energy</a> Commonwealth Fusion Systems YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CommonwealthFusionSystems">https://www.youtube.com/@CommonwealthFusionSystems</a> PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/podcast">https://lexfridman.com/podcast</a> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/2lwqZIr">https://apple.co/2lwqZIr</a> Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8">https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8</a> RSS: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/">https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/</a> YouTube Full Episodes: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexfridman">https://youtube.com/lexfridman</a> YouTube Clips: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexclips">https://youtube.com/lexclips</a> SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman</a> – Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">https://twitter.com/lexfridman</a> – Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman">https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman</a> – LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman</a> – Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman</a> – Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">https://medium.com/@lexfridman</a> 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

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