Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
December 28 , 2022
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- The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) said it had used the world's largest laser to create, for the first time, a fusion reaction.
- This replicated the process that powers the sun and generated more energy than it took to produce.
- Nuclear fusion has been touted by its supporters as a clean, abundant and safe source of energy.
- Researchers used 192 ultra-powerful lasers to deliver 2.05 megajoules of energy and got 3.15 megajoules of fusion energy output.
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