NNSA Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs Marv Adams used a prop cylinder to explain what happened in a breakthrough nuclear fusion experiment that could pave the way for the future of clean energy.
RELATED: Fusion energy breakthrough could lead to clean, carbon-free power
California scientists have achieved a major advance in fusion energy, a technology that could potentially provide clean, carbon-free power in years to come, the Department of Energy announced Tuesday.
The breakthrough was made at 1:03 a.m. on Dec. 5 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility, 50 miles east of San Francisco. The work uses giant lasers to create heat and pressure like those found inside a star, enough to drive atoms together, releasing tremendous energy.
The advance described Tuesday was that researchers have been able to create more energy in the process than they put into it, what's known as "ignition." In a news conference, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm described it as a "fusion breakthrough" that "will go down in the history books."
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Pure Energy 🤓
Fascinating!
Wahooooo!
Perseverance and passion on display!
This is fascinating
What does this means?
What can you use this energy for?
Heat, electricity, propulsion. Think of it as an alternative to fuels such as oil, gas, coal and wood, but this energy source is effectuated by the power of light and gravity.
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it means they are simulating stars on earth
Amazing
Wait so this announcement didn’t factor in the energy cost for the lasers? Doesn’t this make this the exact same result as every other fusion event already done?
BRAVO Go USA 👍 We are getting closer to solving the world’s energy problems, and potentially saving the planet.