How Much Energy Can the NIF Laser Produce in One Shot?

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090408/sc_space/friendlydeathstarlasertorecreatesunspower

 

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Wish them good luck, we really need to have working fusion reactors in our lifetimes.

 

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Serious ignition testing scheduled for 2010 would focus 500 trillion watts of energy on the pea-sized capsule containing deuterium and tritium fuel. NIF has already produced 25 times more energy than any other existing laser system, and also became the first fusion laser facility to create the equivalent energy of 10,000 100-watt light bulbs, or one megajoule.

Hmm...

I swear I would fall over if a local news agency ever grasped the difference between kWs, and kW-Hrs.

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