Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are expected to announce a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion research using giant lasers that help produce more energy than they used.
are expected to announce a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion research that could lead to future clean energy sources.
While the result of the experiment has not been released, the US Department of Energy is expected to officially make the announcement Tuesday, a laboratory spokesperson said.Associate Professor Lee Bernstein. "You almost couldn’t advance beyond ‘go’ without this sort of event from occurring." The lasers radiate and heat up inside the cylinder at temperatures exceeding five million degrees. That generates X-rays to begin flying around , which compresses the peppercorn-sized pellet of hydrogen with precision to one-thirtieth of the size.
In this case, nuclear fusion ignition has generated extra energy as heat or helium. The major benefit is there’s no radioactive waste, creating clean energy.
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