Engineers Achieve Nuclear Fusion , by Shooting Projectile , at 14,500 MPH.<br />'Newsweek' reports that engineers , in England have achieved, a breakthrough in nuclear fusion.<br />Researchers at First Light Fusion designed <br />the method to be as simple as possible:, they fired a giant gun <br />at a fuel sample.<br />This method is known as inertial fusion, where a fuel pellet <br />is compressed and super-heated so that particles fuse <br />together in the nanoseconds before the fuel explodes.<br />'Newsweek' reports that this <br />is usually achieved by firing a laser <br />or particle beam at the fuel pellet. .<br />First Light Fusion's approach <br />uses a projectile traveling at <br />around 14,500 miles per hour. .<br />First Light Fusion's approach <br />uses a projectile traveling at <br />around 14,500 miles per hour. .<br />The projectile produces pressure , equal to 100 million times that, of the Earth's atmosphere. .<br />Each reaction reportedly produces , enough energy to power an average , home in the U.K. for more than two years. .<br />First Light Fusion said the company believes <br />its unique method is the fastest and cheapest <br />form of commercial fusion power. .<br />'Newsweek' reports that the company will <br />now begin experiments aimed at producing more <br />energy than it takes to produce the reaction. .<br />If we can get the core physics to work, <br />which I think we can, it potentially has <br />a much faster trajectory to a power plant. <br />The engineering is much simpler. <br />The physics is simpler, Nick Hawker, founder of First Light Fusion, via 'Newsweek'