Dennis Whyte: Nuclear Fusion and the Future of Energy | Lex Fridman Podcast #353

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: - MasterClass: to get 15% off - InsideTracker: to get 20% off EPISODE LINKS: Dennis’s Twitter: Dennis’s LinkedIn: Dennis’s Website: SPARC: MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center: MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center’s YouTube: @mitplasmascienceandfusionc6211 Commonwealth Fusion Systems: Commonwealth Fusion Systems YouTube: @CommonwealthFusionSystems PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: Full episodes playlist: Clips playlist: OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 0:32 - Nuclear fusion 18:31 - e=mc^2 32:58 - Fission vs fusion 38:10 - Nuclear weapons 41:56 - Plasma 49:07 - Nuclear fusion reactor 1:04:27 - 2022 nuclear fusion breakthrough explained 1:25:04 - Magnetic confinement 1:44:14 - ITER 1:49:01 - SPARC 2:03:00 - Future of fusion power 2:11:33 - Engineering challenges 2:30:14 - Nuclear disasters 2:34:58 - Cold fusion 2:49:14 - Kardashev scale 2:58:38 - Advice for young people SOCIAL: - Twitter: - LinkedIn: - Facebook: - Instagram: - Medium: @lexfridman - Reddit: - Support on Patreon: