California Team , Achieves Ignition , in Nuclear Fusion.<br />'Newsweek' reports that scientists achieved <br />a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion with the <br />first recorded case of ignition on August 8, 2021.<br />The results of researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) have now been published in three peer-reviewed papers.<br />The results of researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) have now been published in three peer-reviewed papers.<br />The results of researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) have now been published in three peer-reviewed papers.<br />Nuclear fusion powers our Sun and other stars. .<br />In the process, hydrogen atoms smash into <br />each other and fuse to form a helium atom, <br />which releases huge amounts of energy.<br />According to 'Newsweek,' successful ignition means <br />that the reaction produced enough energy to become <br />self-sustaining, a critical step for generating electricity.<br />If successfully harnessed, nuclear fusion <br />could be one of the most efficient and <br />least polluting sources of energy possible. .<br />The process requires no fossil fuels <br />as the only fuel comes from hydrogen.<br />The breakthrough at LLNL saw<br />researchers record an energy yield of over <br />1.3 megajoules (MJ) in a matter of nanoseconds.<br />The record shot was a major scientific <br />advance in fusion research, which <br />establishes that fusion ignition <br />in the lab is possible at NIF, Omar Hurricane, Chief scientist for LLNL's inertial <br />confinement fusion program, via 'Newsweek'.<br />Achieving the conditions needed for ignition <br />has been a long-standing goal for all inertial <br />confinement fusion research and opens <br />access to a new experimental regime where <br />alpha-particle self-heating outstrips all <br />the cooling mechanisms in the fusion plasma, Omar Hurricane, Chief scientist for LLNL's inertial <br />confinement fusion program, via 'Newsweek'
