Nuclear Power New Fuel of the Future?

By Kaleb Krouse

Nuclear power is known to most people as fuel to make a weapon of mass destruction. However, could such power be used to fuel our homes and cars? Nuclear fusion occurs when two atomic nuclei bond and create one single heavy nuclei. In nature the atomic nuclei cannot bond because they are similarly charged, meaning they cannot fuse. However, scientists are able to make the particles fuse by replicating the conditions of the sun's core. Nuclear power may be the most acsessible energy sorce that radiates energy on the planet. Using the power of nuclear fusion and the energy that radiates from it people may one day learn to power every day utensiles thus ending the energy crisis. Although it may seem like science fiction now, the clean efficent use of nuclear energy could one day save the Earth...without the need to release deadly greenhouse gasses.