Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's ignition facility are expected to announce nuclear fusion net energy gain at 10 a.m. ET.
Stock image illustration of nuclear fusion concept. Fusion involves thrusting two hydrogen atoms together with such force that they combine into a single helium atom, releasing large amounts of energy in the process.For decades, nuclear fusion has been touted as a solution to our dependence on fossil fuels by providing a clean, nearly limitless source of energy.
Unlike nuclear fission, the energy reaction we currently use, fusion does not create radioactive waste, and theBut, to make fusion reactions work, the temperature inside the reaction vessel must be hotter than the center of the sun: many fusion reactors top temperatures of 180 million Fahrenheit. Clearly, this requires a lot of energy, so making a net energy gain out of nuclear fusion has so far been impossible.
Billions of dollars and decades of research have gone into chasing this"net-gain energy" goal, with laboratories around the world inching ever closer to the elusive target. However, researchers at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory may have just successfully overcome this barrier.that the research team has, for the first time ever, produced more energy from a nuclear-fusion reaction than was put in.
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