It was announced on Tuesday that the US Department of Energy will announce a major scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion research.
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California have made a net gain in energy from an experimental fusion reactor, the Financial Times report.
If true, this is the first time that scientists have succeeded in producing more energy in a fusion reactor than is used during the process. If so, it would likely be a huge step in the pursuit of carbon-neutral energy.
The LLNL researchers neither confirmed nor denied this, but noted that US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm “will announce a major scientific breakthrough” on Tuesday.
When the White House launched its fusion strategy earlier this year, Congressman Don Baer called the technology “the holy grail of clean energy,” according to the Financial Times. The daily newspaper.
He said that fusion has the potential to lift more citizens of the world out of poverty than anything else since the invention of fire.
Dr. Robbie Scott, one of those who contributed to this research, describes the trial’s outcome as groundbreaking
The breakthrough size of laser fusion research cannot be overstated, he says Watchman.
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