Nuclear Fusion XXII: The National Almost-Ignition Facility

Published: July 11, 2019, 6:49 a.m.

The National Ignition Facility poured the heart and soul of the first few years of their work into achieving ignition - a plasma that would heat itself by thermonuclear reactions by as much as it was heated externally.

Ultimately, it was close, but no cigar.

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