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Tim Gabel

December 13, 2022, Livermore, California, USA: The target chamber at Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility, where 192 laser beams delivered more than 2 million joules of ultraviolet energy to a tiny fuel pellet to create fusion ignition on December 5, 2022. Scientists and officials with the Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a breakthrough in the creation of fusion energy at the ratory. A team at Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility NIF conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to reach this milestone, also known as scientific energy breakeven, which means it produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it, according to a news release. Livermore USA PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY - ZUMA 20221213_new_z03_046 Copyright: xLawrencexLivermorexNationalxLabox
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Fusion research: Impulse paper reveals political dilemma

In an impulse on nuclear fusion, several German scientific academies paint a picture of a promising technology that still faces numerous uncertainties. It needs funding, but not at the expense of renewables. This results in a political dilemma.

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December 13, 2022, Livermore, California, USA: The target chamber at Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility, where 192 laser beams delivered more than 2 million joules of ultraviolet energy to a tiny fuel pellet to create fusion ignition on December 5, 2022. Scientists and officials with the Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a breakthrough in the creation of fusion energy at the ratory. A team at Lawrence Livermore National Ignition Facility NIF conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to reach this milestone, also known as scientific energy breakeven, which means it produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it, according to a news release. Livermore USA PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY - ZUMA 20221213_new_z03_046 Copyright: xLawrencexLivermorexNationalxLabox
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Fusionsforschung: Akademien-Papier offenbart politisches Dilemma

Die wissenschaftlichen Akademien zeichnen in einem Impuls zur Kernfusion das Bild einer vielversprechenden Technologie, die noch mit zahlreichen Unwägbarkeiten kämpft. Es braucht Geld, was aber nicht zulasten der Erneuerbaren gehen darf. Daraus ergibt sich ein politisches Dilemma.

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