A never-ending stream of clean energy
Nuclear fusion breakthrough An infinite stream of clean energy
San Francisco/Washington · Is humanity about to achieve a breakthrough in fulfilling the great dream of an endless stream of clean energy? This is indicated by the research results of the state “Lawrence Livermore” national laboratory in San Francisco.
A technician checks an optic in the preamplifier support structure at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore.
Photo: dpa/Damien Jemison
The message out California spread like wildfire. There, the researchers of the “National Ignition Facility” (NIF) at the “Lawrence Livermore” National Laboratory managed to generate more energy in a controlled nuclear fusion than they had to use for the process. As the Washington Post and Financial Times were first to report, the researchers used 2.1 megajoules of energy to initiate the fusion of two hydrogen isotopes using laser beams. The fusion reaction in the facility produced 2.5 megajoules of energy. This would correspond to a profit of around twenty percent. Exact figures are expected when US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm informs the public this Tuesday about what the ministry calls a “major scientific breakthrough”.
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