Nuclear Fusion Real Soon Now

Mr. A. Coward writes "Researchers at the National Ignition Facility are attempting to produce nuclear fusion. They'll focus 192 amplified lasers on a pellet of frozen hydrogen. 'NIF experiments will be the first to create fusion that gives off more energy than it takes in.' That will have to be quite a bit, since it will take 500 trillion watts to ignite the pellet in the first place. The facility has been plagued with delays, and so far only 4 of the 192 lasers have been completed. Researchers believe they will first achieve fusion sometime around 2014."

Comments

Okay, that's great.

[UPAAntilles]

So they can create fusion...big deal. It's been done before. Call me when they can retrieve more energy than they put in.

Re:I'm sorry but....

[JavaTHut]

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