I NIF Reaches Threshold of Fusion Ignition

neilparker62 · Aug 18, 2021

Is this a 'big deal' ?

https://www.llnl.gov/news/national-...nt-puts-researchers-threshold-fusion-ignition

berkeman · Aug 18, 2021

Thread is already going full-speed in the Nuclear Engineering forum:

https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/ignition-at-nif.1006180/

phyzguy said:

Summary:: Recent article claims ignition has been achieved at NIF

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-major-nuclear-fusion-milestone-ignition.html

Anybody know any more? Like what they did differently from earlier trials.

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