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19, 2014 Digital Paper Trail Is nuclear fusion the solution to the worlds energy crisis? 1. An Inconvenient Truth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Inconvenient_Truth a. The basis where my whole argument starts about global warming and the need for alternative energy sources. 2. EPA: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/gases/co2.html a. Information regarding CO2 emissions. 3. The End of Fossil Fuels: https://www.ecotricity.co.uk/our-green-energy/energyindependence/the-end-of-fossil-fuels a. Information regarding finite supply of fossil fuels. 4. Nuclear fission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission a. A top contender for a replacement of fossil fuels, and a major comparing point for nuclear fusion. 5. Geothermal energy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_energy a. A top contender for a replacement of fossil fuels. 6. Chernobyl Disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster a. A major counter argument for nuclear energy, but not necessarily fusion. 7. Does fusion give off radiation: http://www.efda.org/faq/does-fusion-give-offradiation/ a. An answer to a major question regarding the safety of fusion. 8. Thermonuclear weapon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bomb a. Information on fusion and nuclear weaponry. 9. Sun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun a. Information about the sun, an example of nuclear fusion in nature. 10. Pressure at the Center of the Sun: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1997/ MarinaTreybick.shtml a. Information about the pressure at the center of the sun, so that a comparison can be drawn about the requirements needed to reproduce the reaction on earth. 11. Nuclear Fusion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion
a. A gold mind of information, a lot of my research is going to come from here. 12. ITER: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER a. A fusion reactor 13. National Ignition facility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility a. A fusion reactor 14. Alcator C-Mod: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcator_C-Mod a. A fusion reactor 15. Yucca mountain nuclear waste repository: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository a. A repository where America stores nuclear fusion. 16. Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scienceenvironment-24429621 a. A major accomplishment in the world of nuclear fusion. 17. Cold fusion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fusion a. A controversial form fusion which could either be a solution or a dream that is impossible. 18. Fusion materials development in the U.S.: http://enterprise.astm.org/ SUBSCRIPTION/DIGITAL_LIBRARY/STP/PAGES/STP34403S.htm a. A source that discusses materials needed to perform a fusion reaction. 19. Instrumentation and control of the ITER Electrical Power Distribution System: http://www.engineeringvillage.com/search/doc/abstract.url?&pageType=quickSe arch&searchtype=Quick&SEARCHID=586243ee1442acd893bM46faprod1data1& DOCINDEX=3&database=3&format=quickSearchAbstractFormat&tagscope=&di splayPagination=yes a. Not entirely sure if I can use this in my research, but a really cool topic. 20. Nuclear fusion research: http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2Fb138970 a. A book, which can be downloaded online regarding research into nuclear fusion, a very good source. I would just like to point out that there are not that many peer reviewed/library sources in my list here. This has mostly to do with the nature of my research, being nuclear fusion. Most of the sources I found were to specific, or required a level of knowledge that I do not have, like Strong neutrino cooling by cycles of electron capture and decay in neutron star crusts. This does not mean I have stopped using the articles and database look up tool, but most of the information found thus far is not useable.