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China Is Secretly Building the World’s Most Powerful Fusion Laser — U.S. Intelligence Warns of Global Consequences
Laser technology represents one of ... Specifically, inertial confinement—the method used at the National Ignition Facility—relies on high-powered lasers to compress a tiny hydrogen fuel ...
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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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Images show China building huge fusion research facility, analysts say
SINGAPORE--China appears to be building a large laser-ignited fusion research ... is a similar layout to the $3.5 billion U.S. National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Northern California, which ...
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Fusion Ignition: What Does The NIF’s 1.3 MJ Yield Mean For Fusion Research?
Earlier this month, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced to the world that they had achieved a record 1.3 MJ yield from a fusion experiment at their National Ignition Facility ...