All such advances in energy research are followed with keen interest by geophysicists. One such breakthrough was made recently at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in experiments with a model Tokamak fusion reactor.The MIT experimental high-field nuclear fusion reactor with the name of...
December 5, 2022, will be remembered as the day of the first verified fusion energy success. Achieved by researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the results were hailed around the world as an early, yet vital step toward harnessing fusion en...
But fusion is hard. After 60 years of research by scientists at NIF, they finally generated a reaction (also called "ignition") that produced more energy than it consumed.The breakthrough, in 2022, crucial to ever creating a fusion power plant, made headlines around the world. Humans had u...
The U.S. Department of Energy reported amajor scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion sciencein December 2022. For the first time, more energy was released from a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it. While this achievement is indeed historic, it's important to pause and reflect on ...
announces nuclear fusion energy breakthroughThe U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday a monumental milestone in nuclear fusion research: a "net energy gain" was achieved for the first time in history by scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Energy Secretary ...
National Ignition Facility in California, which also uses laser-ignition technology,made a huge fusion energy breakthroughin 2022. In a world first, NIF scientists achieved a successful nuclear fusion reaction with a net energy gain (although they didn’t count the energy needed to power the ...
With recent results of 150 billion neutrons per shot and predictions by leading computer predictive simulator codes of achieving greater then “break-even”, MIFTI expects that their Staged Z-Pinch fusion reactors will be able to generate abundant, ...
EnergyNuclear Nuclear Fusion? Not so Fast May 5, 2023 By Goehring & Rozencwajg On December 13th, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a nuclear fusion breakthrough. For the first time in history, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved fusion “net ...
One of the most promising isInertial Fusion Energy, an American invention based on the scientific breakthrough, and one where the U.S. still leads. But our leadership is in danger of slipping. The Department of Energy has allocated only$20 millionout of its $48 billion annual budget for th...
Nuclear fusion has long been considered a near-impossible clean-energy solution. But technological advances—and the need for a flexible zero-carbon power grid—have made fusion worth considering. What if a technological breakthroughcould help the power sector decarbonize—and help prevent the worst...