Being able to do “ignition” reliably means you can do experiments in a regime where the energy from fusion starts to become a large part of the reaction. Dynami

Being able to do “ignition” reliably means you can do experiments in a regime where the energy from fusion starts to become a large part of the reaction. Dynamics in this regime are non-linear, so being able to actually test there is fairly important. Updating models and simulation inputs based on these results should make some further progress possible. This device is significantly different than a power reactor, but other efforts might see a benefit from a better understanding of reaction physics during “ignition”.