{"id":925,"date":"2023-07-19T15:23:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/?p=925"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:07:13","slug":"kristen-schell-and-ahmed-abdulla-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-decades-of-research-are-still-needed-before-fusion-can-be-used-as-clean-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/2023\/kristen-schell-and-ahmed-abdulla-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-decades-of-research-are-still-needed-before-fusion-can-be-used-as-clean-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Schell and Ahmed Abdulla: Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research are still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Kristen Schell and Ahmed Abdulla: Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research are still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

This article is republished<\/a> from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. All photos provided by The Conversation<\/a> from various sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kristen Schell<\/a> and Ahmed Abdulla<\/a> are assistant professors in Carleton University\u2019s department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Department of Energy reported a major scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion science<\/a> in December 2022. For the first time, more energy was released from a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this achievement is indeed historic, it\u2019s important to pause and reflect on the way ahead for fusion energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are professors of sustainable and renewable energy engineering at Carleton University, where we research alternative energy technologies and systems that can move us to a low-carbon future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also teach our students how to navigate the treacherous terrain from lab-based findings to real-world applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Highlights<\/p>\n\n\n\n