Breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy: Ignition confirmed in record 1.3 megajoule shot - Interesting Engineering

A nuclear fusion breakthrough was made in August 2021. Researchers now seek to recreate it.

Achieving the conditions needed for ignition has been a long-standing goal for all inertial confinement fusion research and opens access to a new experimental regime where alpha-particle self-heating… [+1671 chars]

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