'Net energy' reached with higher yield in laser experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Lab
The Livermore experiments use high-intensity lasers that trigger a series of reactions that slam atoms together many times per second. The other employs powerful electromagnets that confines fuel in the form of a plasma inside a doughnut-shaped metal vacuum chamber called a tokamak at incredibly high temperatures.
key pieces that will be inserted into the ITER facility, an ambitious international project under construction in France.News of the Livermore experiment in July “demonstrates the importance of public investment in fusion science and robust collaboration with the private sector,” General Atomics vice president of Inertial Fusion Technologies Mike Farrell said in an email.
The Biden administration has set a goal to deliver pilot-scale fusion within a decade and earlier this year the U.S. Department of EnergyBut fusion has its share of skeptics.and critics worry the time and money spent on research into an unproven technology could be better deployed on other clean energy projects.the net energy gain “only compares the energy generated to the energy in the lasers, not to the total amount of energy pulled off the grid to power the system, which is much higher.
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