Fusion Explained: Why the Big, New Milestone Doesn’t Mean Green Power — Yet – By Stephen Shankland (CNET) / Dec 16, 2022
Get up to speed on this potentially revolutionary power source.
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory passed a major fusion milestone in December, igniting a fusion reaction that for a fleeting moment produced more energy than was used to trigger it.
The achievement is the high-water mark for fusion research, a field that produced thermonuclear weapons more than 70 years ago but still no reactor that could generate electrical power. The scientific and engineering challenges of controlled fusion are formidable.
But what does the experiment at LLNL’s National Ignition Facility, aka NIF, mean for science and for the dream of a new energy source that’ll power our homes and cars without releasing any of the carbon dioxide?
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