Fusion experiments at the US National Ignition Facility have achieved a significant milestone Philip Saltonstall
Scientists have confirmed that a fusion reaction in 2022 reached a historic milestone by unleashing more energy than was put into it – and subsequent trials have produced even better results, they say. The findings, now published in a series of papers, give encouragement that fusion reactors will one day create clean, plentiful energy.
Today’s nuclear power plants rely on fission reactions, where atoms…
