Fusion “Breakthrough” Won’t Lead to Practical Fusion Energy

Just one more step on the long road to commercialization

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A large, white room filled with complicated equipment, all oriented toward the same point in the center of the image.

The target chamber of LLNL’s National Ignition Facility contains 192 ultraviolet laser beams capable of delivering more than 2 megajoules into a single minuscule fuel pellet.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory