The concept of laser fusion had been pursued without success since the 1960s and it became a central part of a 1990s program to ensure continued confidence in the nuclear-weapons stockpile ...

In laser fusion, the laser beams strike the interior walls of a hohlraum, releasing x-rays that crush the fuel atoms together to a density 100 times that of lead. That sparks a fusion explosion.

That 0.17-megajoule burst isn't even 10% of what is needed to ignite sustained nuclear fusion, but it's 10% more energy than LLNL lasers had to begin with.

A fusion experiment in June, just a month earlier, was also predicted to produce about three megajoules, but it generated only between 1.6 and 1.7 megajoules, Dr. Town said.

With $42 million, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Colorado State University and the University of Rochester will work on studies to tap into a bountiful energy source.

The first net-positive shot, for example, required 300 megajoules to power the laser system alone. But they are continued proof that controlled nuclear fusion is more than hypothetical.

Colorado State University, German company partner on cutting-edge fusion energy project School, Marvel Fusion announce plans for $150M state-of-art laser facility in Fort Collins ...

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