U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm traveled to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to celebrate the achievement of fusion ignition. For the first time, scientists demonstrated a nuclear reaction that generated more energy than it used.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is being celebrated for fusion ignition, a modern scientific breakthrough that has the potential for limitless clean energy. of the current century in December 2022. The experiment essentially harnessed "the power of the sun and the stars right here on Earth," said U.S. Sec. of Energy Jennifer Granholm.
"Today is not the end of the ignition journey," said Dr. Kimberly Budil, director of LLNL. "It marks the beginning of what will be an incredible era of innovation." The fusion ignition is the result of more than 60 years of work and research. The course was set by John Nuckolls, the former director of LLNL.
"That little target capsule, the size of a peppercorn, has to be almost perfect," explained Dr. Marvin Adams, deputy administrator for defense programs at the Dept. of Energy. "The container that surrounds the capsule has to be made from the right materials, and have the right size and shape. The power profile of each of those 192 laser beams has to be nearly perfect."
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