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Wasn't this milestone reached sometime late last year? I remember writing about it: http://www.therefinedgeek.com.au/index.php/2013/10/08/fusion-milestone-reach

Wasn't this milestone reached sometime late last year? I remember writing about it: http://www.therefinedgeek.com.au/index.php/2013/10/08/fusion-milestone-reached-many-more-to-go/ http://www.therefinedgeek.com.au/index.php/2013/10/08/fusion...

dredmorbius 13y ago
Yes, though NPR's reporting is less than clear on this. The Nature article referenced was submitted in early November.
diydsp 13y ago
lessee: refinedgeek, 10/8/2013: "However NIF has announced today that, for the first time ever for any fusion experiment, their reaction released more energy than what was pumped into it;" where there's a link to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24429621 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24429621 which says (10/7/2013) "The BBC understands that during an experiment in late September, the amount of energy released through the fusion reaction exceeded the amount of energy being absorbed by the fuel - the first time this had been achieved at any fusion facility in the world." meanwhile NPR on 2/12/2014 says: "Omar Hurricane, a researcher at, says that for the first time, they've produced significant amounts of fusion by zapping a target with their laser. "We've gotten more energy out of the fusion fuel than we put into the fusion fuel," he says." We've always been at war with Eastasia.
diydsp 13y ago
p.s. Here's an article from October 5, 2012 which in a very biased way dismissed the possibility of this happening.... then it happened, TWO DAYS LATER [1] > The lab's leaders predict that "ignition"-—the point where the 192 lasers actually deliver more energy than they consume—could occur as early as next year. [1] http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/nuclear/national-ignition-facility-mother-of-all-boondoggles http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/nuclear/national-...

dredmorbius 13y ago

Yes, though NPR's reporting is less than clear on this. The Nature article referenced was submitted in early November.

diydsp 13y ago

lessee: refinedgeek, 10/8/2013: "However NIF has announced today that, for the first time ever for any fusion experiment, their reaction released more energy than what was pumped into it;" where there's a link to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24429621 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24429621 which says (10/7/2013) "The BBC understands that during an experiment in late September, the amount of energy released through the fusion reaction exceeded the amount of energy being absorbed by the fuel - the first time this had been achieved at any fusion facility in the world." meanwhile NPR on 2/12/2014 says: "Omar Hurricane, a researcher at, says that for the first time, they've produced significant amounts of fusion by zapping a target with their laser. "We've gotten more energy out of the fusion fuel than we put into the fusion fuel," he says." We've always been at war with Eastasia.

diydsp 13y ago

p.s. Here's an article from October 5, 2012 which in a very biased way dismissed the possibility of this happening.... then it happened, TWO DAYS LATER [1] > The lab's leaders predict that "ignition"-—the point where the 192 lasers actually deliver more energy than they consume—could occur as early as next year. [1] http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/nuclear/national-ignition-facility-mother-of-all-boondoggles http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/nuclear/national-...