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The laser produced 1.3 MJ from fusion in an instant using only around 250 KJ of laser energy. We have already created machines that fuse hydrogen and from only
by jboy55 5y ago
The laser produced 1.3 MJ from fusion in an instant using only around 250 KJ of laser energy. We have already created machines that fuse hydrogen and from only 3 KJ of electricity, produce 10^10 MJs of energy out of it in an instant.
I never got the appeal of the laser experiments, they must be covers for weapon research.
- pvg 5y agoIt's not a cover, it's an explicit purpose of the facility: NIF uses lasers to heat and compress a small amount of hydrogen fuel with the goal of inducing nuclear fusion reactions. NIF's mission is to achieve fusion ignition with high energy gain, and to support nuclear weapon maintenance and design by studying the behavior of matter under the conditions found within nuclear weapons