Apr 27, 2023 | Energy, Fusion
Last month, the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) fired its lasers up to full power for the first time since December, when it achieved its decades-long goal of ‘ignition’ by producing more energy during a nuclear reaction than it consumed. The latest run...
Jan 5, 2023 | Energy, Fusion
The news of a successful fusion energy test at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California was met with both fascination and trepidation. All this talk of nuclear energy and “unleashing the energy of the sun” makes people...
Dec 15, 2022 | Energy, Fusion, Space
The announcement this week of fusion ignition is a major scientific advancement, one that is decades in the making. More energy was produced than the laser energy used to spark the first controlled fusion triumph. The result: replicating the fusion that...
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