Why fusion ignition is being hailed as a major breakthrough in fusion – a nuclear physicist explains
- Written by Carolyn Kuranz, Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan
The target chamber at the National Ignition Facility has been the site of a number of breakthroughs in fusion physics.U.S. Department of Energy/Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryAmerican scientists have announced what they have called a major breakthrough in a long-elusive goal of creating energy from nuclear fusion.
The U.S. Department of...