It was a laser shot for the ages. By achieving fusion ignition on December 5, 2022, LLNL proved that recreating the “fire” that fuels the sun and the stars inside a laboratory on Earth was indeed scientifically possible.
The achievement of ignition cemented LLNL’s position as a center of science and technology research directly relevant to inertial fusion energy (IFE) while sharpening the scientific community’s focus on developing this potentially clean, safe, enduring source of electricity for the world.
This story was originally published in the July 2024 edition of the American Nuclear Society magazine Nuclear News.
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