This is the best summary I could come up with:
US scientists have achieved net energy gain in a nuclear fusion reaction for the second time since a historic breakthrough in December last year in the quest to find a near-limitless, safe and clean source of energy
Scientists at the California-based Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory repeated the breakthrough in an experiment in the National Ignition Facility (NIF) on 30 July that produced a higher energy yield than in December, a Lawrence Livermore spokesperson said.
The approach, which gives rise to the heat and light of the sun and other stars, has been hailed as having huge potential as a sustainable, low-carbon energy source.
In December, Lawrence Livermore first achieved a net energy gain in a fusion experiment using lasers.
The Energy Department called it “a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean power.”
Fusion energy raises the prospect of plentiful clean power: the reactions release no greenhouse gases or radioactive waste byproducts.
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Proweruser@feddit.de 1 year ago
*Not actually net total. That is still far below positive output.
FelixORiley@lemmy.world 1 year ago
From theguardian.com/…/us-scientists-confirm-major-bre… (linked in the original article):
Still, these stepping stones are encouraging progress.
Proweruser@feddit.de 1 year ago
Not really. Laser Fusion will never lead to a power plant and nobody but the press thinks so. This is military weapons science, nothing else.