GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Fusion could generate four times more energy per kilogram of fuel than fission (used in nuclear power plants) and nearly four million times more energy than burning oil or coal.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abundant energy: Fusing atoms together in a controlled way releases nearly four million times more energy than a chemical reaction such as the burning of coal, oil or gas and four times as much as nuclear fission reactions (at equal mass).

Detailed explanation-3: -The energy released by fusion is three to four times greater than the energy released by fission. Nuclear weapon: One class of nuclear weapon is a fission bomb, also known as an atomic bomb or atom bomb. One class of nuclear weapon is the hydrogen bomb, which uses a fission reaction to “trigger” a fusion reaction.

Detailed explanation-4: -Flexi Says: Nuclear fusion reactions release relatively higher amount of energy than nuclear fission reactions per unit mass. This is due to the fact that a tremendous amount of energy is released during fusion as a fraction of the combined mass of the fusing nuclei is converted to energy.

Detailed explanation-5: -At present, fusion devices produce more than ten megawatts of fusion power. ITER will be capable of producing 500 megawatts of fusion power. Although this will be on the scale needed for a power station, there are still some technological issues to address before a commercial power plant can operate.