Is Fusion The Future? Carlos Romero Talamás’ Lab Gets Congressional Attention

Abstract

U.S. congressional representative Don Beyer met with UMBC’s Carlos Romero Talamás in late January to discuss the hot topic of fusion energy. Piles of snow and bitter cold didn’t deter U.S. congressional representative Don Beyer from meeting with UMBC’s Carlos Romero Talamás in late January to discuss the hot topic of fusion energy. Fusion reactions, which release massive amounts of energy when multiple light atomic nuclei merge to form a single heavier nucleus, power the Sun, and it is hoped they will soon deliver clean, reliable, and abundant energy generation on Earth, too.