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By A.J. Roan
Metal Tech News 

Nuclear fusion breakthrough confirmed

National Ignition Facility researchers achieved fusion ignition Metal Tech News - August 17, 2022

 

Last updated 8/26/2022 at 10:38am

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The Sun is a natural fusion reactor that provides Earth with life. Manmade nuclear fusion could be the solution to limitless clean energy, unlocking the next stage of human progress.

A major breakthrough in nuclear fusion has been confirmed by the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, little over a year since the lab successfully achieved 1.3 megajoules of energy for a fraction of a second.

After a year of painstaking work, the NIF has published its work in three peer-review papers.

Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the...



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