• Question: what are your ambitions?

    Asked by fkgbsamlubby621 to Becky, Carrie, Kelly, Robin, Usaid on 14 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Becky Selwyn

      Becky Selwyn answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I would like to keep working on renewable and sustainable energy because they will be very important to our future. I also want to be able to share what I have learnt with other people, possibly through lecturing or going in to schools to give talks. And I don’t want to stop doing engineering to become a manager or anything like that – I want to keep doing technical things.

    • Photo: Robin Stafford Allen

      Robin Stafford Allen answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      To see fusion work for the benefit of mankind.

Comments

  • Photo: Ken

    Ken commented on :

    Robin: Might be useful to comment on why fusion will benefit us. Is it because it is less polluting than with fission nuclear reactions, or is it because you cannot make a bomb with the material ? What other spin off advantages are there ?

  • Photo: Robin

    Robin commented on :

    · The best non renewable resource we have for energy has been oil and gas, and nuclear fission has been fantastic. About 80% of all the electricity generated and used in France comes from nuclear fission, but they are the only country to go this far. These energy sources leave a legacy of problems. Oil and gas leave carbon in the atmosphere that can affect the climate, and fission leaves very long-lived waste which is a problem. Fusion holds the promise of a much cleaner energy in that it is almost unlimited in fuel, and does not appear to leave any waste lasting more than about 50 years to worry about. However fusion only works in very big machines, so we will not be seeing a Delorean powered by fusion as in Back to the Future for a while yet unless we make a startling new discovery. Hope this helps. regards Robin