A schoolboy successfully made a nuclear fusion reactor in his family's spare room aged just 12. Jackson Oswalt, from Memphis, now 14, is believed to be the youngest person to build a functioning nuclear fusion reactor. The previous record for the youngest successful mastermind behind a nuclear fusion reactor was held by Taylor Wilson, who achieved it aged 14. Deuterium gas - an isotope of hydrogen - is heated in a plasma core with 50,000 volts of electricityHOW DOES A NUCLEAR FUSION REACTOR WORK? The commercial viability of nuclear fusion as a source of electricity remains to be accomplished as all previous attempts are also energy pits.

Source: Daily Mail February 22, 2019 12:03 UTC