Comment on Scientists successfully replicate historic nuclear fusion breakthrough three times
JoMomma@lemm.ee 6 months agoI thought the Z machine at Sandia produced more than it consumed? That was like 20 years ago
Comment on Scientists successfully replicate historic nuclear fusion breakthrough three times
JoMomma@lemm.ee 6 months agoI thought the Z machine at Sandia produced more than it consumed? That was like 20 years ago
macarthur_park@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nah, the Z machine never achieved ignition. That doesn’t mean it’s not a really cool facility though!
JoMomma@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Hmm, I thought they were running fast ignition since like 2005?
macarthur_park@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They’ve been doing studies of what would be required for ignition for a while, but have never demonstrated ignition using the Z machine.
If they did have ignition, there’s no way they would’ve let LLNL claim to be first and enjoy all the media attention.