We have 'ignition': Fusion breakthrough draws energy gain

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/fusion-breakthrough-net-energy-gain-rcna61326

by crdrost • 4 years ago

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Normille• 4 years ago

  >U.S. scientists have achieved “ignition” —  a fusion reaction that produced more energy than it took to create...

  >The inefficient lasers used in the experiment required about 300 megajoules of energy to fire just 2 megajoules of energy into the experiment. The reaction produced about 3 megajoules of energy...

A bit of a generous definition of 'produced more energy than it took to create' there.

We have 'ignition': Fusion breakthrough draws energy gain

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