Summary

The experiment uses inertial confinement to produce fusion reactions, which is a significant improvement over the historic experiment in 2022 that generated 3.15 megajoules of energy. While the shots have not been effective enough to feed electrons back into the grid, they are continued proof that controlled nuclear fusion is more than hypothetical.

Key Points

• The National Ignition Facility uses inertial confinement to produce fusion reactions

• The experiment has achieved a new milestone in controlled nuclear fusion

• The team has increased the yield of the experiment, first to 5.2 megajoules and then again to 8.6 megajoules

Why It Matters

This breakthrough demonstrates that controlled nuclear fusion is more than hypothetical, paving the way for further research and development in this field.

Author

Tim De Chant