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

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<p>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:<br /> &#8211; <b>Rocket Money</b>: <a href="https://rocketmoney.com/lex">https://rocketmoney.com/lex</a><br /> &#8211; <b>MasterClass</b>: <a href="https://masterclass.com/lex">https://masterclass.com/lex</a> to get 15% off<br /> &#8211; <b>InsideTracker</b>: <a href="https://insidetracker.com/lex">https://insidetracker.com/lex</a> to get 20% off</p> <p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br /> Dennis&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MIT_Fusion">https://twitter.com/MIT_Fusion</a><br /> Dennis&#8217;s LinkedIn: <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/dennis-whyte-33474a54">https://linkedin.com/in/dennis-whyte-33474a54</a><br /> Dennis&#8217;s Website: <a href="https://www.psfc.mit.edu/whyte">https://www.psfc.mit.edu/whyte</a><br /> SPARC: <a href="https://www.psfc.mit.edu/sparc">https://www.psfc.mit.edu/sparc</a><br /> MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center: <a href="https://www.psfc.mit.edu">https://www.psfc.mit.edu</a><br /> MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center&#8217;s YouTube: <a href="https://youtube.com/@mitplasmascienceandfusionc6211">https://youtube.com/@mitplasmascienceandfusionc6211</a><br /> Commonwealth Fusion Systems: <a href="https://cfs.energy">https://cfs.energy</a><br /> Commonwealth Fusion Systems YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CommonwealthFusionSystems">https://www.youtube.com/@CommonwealthFusionSystems</a></p> <p><b>PODCAST INFO:</b><br /> Podcast website: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/podcast">https://lexfridman.com/podcast</a><br /> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/2lwqZIr">https://apple.co/2lwqZIr</a><br /> Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8">https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8</a><br /> RSS: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/">https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/</a><br /> YouTube Full Episodes: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexfridman">https://youtube.com/lexfridman</a><br /> YouTube Clips: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexclips">https://youtube.com/lexclips</a></p> <p><b>SUPPORT &#38; CONNECT:</b><br /> &#8211; Check out the sponsors above, it&#8217;s the best way to support this podcast<br /> &#8211; Support on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">https://twitter.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman">https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman">https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">https://medium.com/@lexfridman</a></p> <p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br /> Here&#8217;s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br /> (00:00) &#8211; Introduction<br /> (05:54) &#8211; Nuclear fusion<br /> (23:53) &#8211; e=mc^2<br /> (38:20) &#8211; Fission vs fusion<br /> (43:32) &#8211; Nuclear weapons<br /> (47:19) &#8211; Plasma<br /> (54:29) &#8211; Nuclear fusion reactor<br /> (1:09:50) &#8211; 2022 nuclear fusion breakthrough explained<br /> (1:30:27) &#8211; Magnetic confinement<br /> (1:49:36) &#8211; ITER<br /> (1:54:23) &#8211; SPARC<br /> (2:08:23) &#8211; Future of fusion power<br /> (2:16:55) &#8211; Engineering challenges<br /> (2:35:36) &#8211; Nuclear disasters<br /> (2:40:21) &#8211; Cold fusion<br /> (2:54:36) &#8211; Kardashev scale<br /> (3:04:00) &#8211; Advice for young people</p>