Yup, I built a nuclear fusion reactor | Taylor Wilson

Translator: Jenny Zurawell

Translator: Morten Kelder Skouboe Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

So my name is Taylor Wilson.

Jeg hedder Taylor Wilson.

I am 17 years old

Jeg er 17 år,

and I am a nuclear physicist,

og jeg er kernefysiker,

which may be a little hard to believe, but I am.

hvilket kan være en smule svært at tro, men det er jeg.

And I would like to make the case

Og jeg vil argumentere for,

that nuclear fusion

at kernefusion

will be that point,

vil være det punkt,

that the bridge that T. Boone Pickens talked about

som den bro, T. Boone Pickens talte om,

will get us to.

vil tage os til.

So nuclear fusion is our energy future.

Kernefusion er vores fremtids energi.

And the second point,

Og den anden pointe,

making the case that kids can really change the world.

at forsvare, at børn virkelig kan ændre verden.

So you may ask --

Så I spørger måske --

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You may ask me,

I spørger mig måske,

well how do you know what our energy future is?

hvordan ved du, hvordan vores fremtids energi er?

Well I built a fusion reactor

Jeg byggede en fusionsreaktor,

when I was 14 years old.

da jeg var 14.

That is the inside of my nuclear fusion reactor.

Det er indersiden af min kernefusionsreaktor.

I started building this project

Jeg begyndte at bygge dette projekt,

when I was about 12 or 13 years old.

da jeg var 12 eller 13.

I decided I wanted to make a star.

Jeg besluttede at lave en stjerne.

Now most of you are probably saying,

De fleste af jer siger nok,

well there's no such thing as nuclear fusion.

kernefusion findes slet ikke.

I don't see any nuclear power plants with fusion energy.

Jeg ser ingen atomkraftværker med fusionsenergi.

Well it doesn't break even.

Det går ikke op endnu.

It doesn't produce more energy out than I put in,

Det producerer ikke mere energi, end jeg tilfører,

but it still does some pretty cool stuff.

men det gør nogle ret seje ting.

And I assembled this in my garage,

Jeg samlede dette i min garage,

and it now lives in the physics department

og nu lever det i fysikafdelingen

of the University of Nevada, Reno.

på University of Nevada, Reno.

And it slams together deuterium,

Og det slår deuterium sammen,

which is just hydrogen with an extra neutron in it.

hvilket bare er hydrogen med en ekstra neutron.

So this is similar to the reaction

Dette ligner reaktionen

of the proton chain that's going on inside the Sun.

af protonkæden, der foregår inden i Solen.

And I'm slamming it together so hard

Og jeg slår det sammen så hårdt,

that that hydrogen fuses together,

at hydrogenet sammensmelter,

and in the process it has some byproducts,

og i processen har det nogle biprodukter,

and I utilize those byproducts.

og jeg udnytter de biprodukter.

So this previous year,

Sidste år

I won the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

vandt jeg Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

I developed a detector that replaces the current detectors

Jeg udviklede en detektor, der erstatter de nuværende,

that Homeland Security has.

som Homeland Security har.

For hundreds of dollars,

For hundreder af dollars

I've developed a system that exceeds the sensitivity

har jeg udviklet et system, der overgår følsomheden

of detectors that are hundreds of thousands of dollars.

af detektorer, der koster hundredtusindvis af dollars.

I built this in my garage.

Jeg byggede denne i min garage.

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And I've developed a system

Og jeg har udviklet et system

to produce medical isotopes.

til at producere medicinske isotoper.

Instead of requiring multi-million-dollar facilities

I stedet for at behøve multi-million-dollars faciliteter

I've developed a device that, on a very small scale,

har jeg udviklet et apparat, der på lille skala

can produce these isotopes.

kan producere disse isotoper.

So that's my fusion reactor in the background there.

Det er min fusionsreaktor i baggrunden.

That is me at the control panel

Det er mig ved kontrolpanelet

of my fusion reactor.

til min fusionsreaktor.

Oh, by the way, I make yellowcake in my garage,

Forresten laver jeg urankoncentrat i min garage,

so my nuclear program is as advanced as the Iranians.

så mit atomprogram er lige så avanceret som iranernes.

So maybe I don't want to admit to that.

Måske vil jeg ikke erkende det.

This is me at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland,

Dette er mig på CERN i Geneve, Schweiz,

which is the preeminent particle physics laboratory in the world.

som er verdens førende partikelfysiklaboratorium.

And this is me with President Obama,

Og her er jeg med Præsident Obama,

showing him my Homeland Security research.

visende min Homeland Security forskning.

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So in about seven years

Så på omkring syv år

of doing nuclear research,

med atomforskning

I started out with a dream

startede jeg med en drøm

to make a "star in a jar," a star in my garage,

om at lave en "stjerne i en krukke," i min garage,

and I ended up meeting the president

og jeg endte med at møde præsidenten

and developing things that I think can change the world,

og udvikle ting, som jeg tror kan ændre verden,

and I think other kids can too.

og jeg tror andre børn også kan.

So thank you very much.

Så mange tak.

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