Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) marked a major milestone Tuesday morning, announcing the installation of a key component of ...
Fusion energy: Unlocking the power of the stars
If it looks like the set of some Hollywood sci-fi show, perhaps that's fitting, because what they are doing here is making ...
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How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge
Despite breaking ground on its first reactor nearly four decades after the ... fusion reaction will occur is roughly twice the size of NIF, the U.S. laser-fusion project, CNA Corporation's Decker ...
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Fusion Ignition: What Does The NIF’s 1.3 MJ Yield Mean For Fusion Research?
This traces back to the NIF’s roots in the 1990s, when the stockpile stewardship program was set up as an alternative to nuclear weapons testing. Much of this research involves examining how ...
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NIF’s Laser Fusion Experiment’s Energy Gain Passes Peer Review
Back in December of 2022, a team of researchers at the USA’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) announced that they had exceeded ‘scientific breakeven’ with their laser-based inertial ...
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There are about 90 nuclear fusion reactors operating worldwide
More than 130 experimental nuclear fusion reactors, both public and private ... In addition to the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California, only five other facilities, all of which are smaller ...