{"id":149712,"date":"2022-11-08T15:25:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T21:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/uk-startups-nuclear-fusion-gun-will-fire-a-1-billion-g-projectile-at-a-fusion-fuel-pellet"},"modified":"2022-11-08T15:25:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T21:25:21","slug":"uk-startups-nuclear-fusion-gun-will-fire-a-1-billion-g-projectile-at-a-fusion-fuel-pellet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/uk-startups-nuclear-fusion-gun-will-fire-a-1-billion-g-projectile-at-a-fusion-fuel-pellet","title":{"rendered":"UK startup\u2019s nuclear fusion gun will fire a 1-billion-G projectile at a fusion fuel pellet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vMWbMJ_nYuQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The new method for harnessing the power of the Sun is \u201ccheaper than traditional fusion approaches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>U.K.-based startup First Light Fusion is developing its prototype Big Friendly Gun (BFG) in a bid to achieve nuclear fusion without relying on lasers and powerful magnets.<\/p>\n<p>A pistol shrimp-inspired nuclear fusion method.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>First Light Fusion.<\/p>\n<p>The company recently performed a test-fire of its BFG prototype at its facility in Oxford, a Newsweek report explains. The company\u2019s test campaign could finally unlock the potential of nuclear fusion by using an alternative method to mimic the Sun\u2019s energy production method.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/uk-startups-nuclear-fusion-gun-will-fire-a-1-billion-g-projectile-at-a-fusion-fuel-pellet\">Continue reading \u201cUK startup\u2019s nuclear fusion gun will fire a 1-billion-G projectile at a fusion fuel pellet\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new method for harnessing the power of the Sun is \u201ccheaper than traditional fusion approaches.\u201d U.K.-based startup First Light Fusion is developing its prototype Big Friendly Gun (BFG) in a bid to achieve nuclear fusion without relying on lasers and powerful magnets. A pistol shrimp-inspired nuclear fusion method. First Light Fusion. The company recently [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149712\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}