{"id":278391,"date":"2023-12-20T08:05:14","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T08:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=278391"},"modified":"2023-12-21T06:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T06:50:17","slug":"nuclear-fusion-enters-new-era-after-major-breakthrough-for-near-limitless-clean-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=278391","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear fusion enters \u2018new era\u2019 after major breakthrough for near-limitless clean energy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Cuthbertson \u2013 The Independent Dec 19, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Scientists have managed to repeatedly produce nuclear fusion ignition<\/a> for the first time, marking a major milestone towards achieving near-limitless clean energy at scale.<\/p>\n

A team at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the US achieved fusion ignition<\/a> last December, producing a net energy gain from a fusion reaction for the first ever time.<\/p>\n

The feat was hailed as a \u201cmoment of history\u201d by physicists, which LLNL scientists have now repeated a further three times.<\/p>\n

The lab used the National Ignition Facility (NIF) to fire 192 laser beams at a frozen pellet of isotopes held within a diamond capsule suspended in a gold cylinder.<\/p>\n

The resulting reaction replicated the same natural processes found within the Sun and resulted in a record energy increase of 89 per cent. This was only enough energy to boil a kettle, however scaling up this proof-of-concept could herald a \u201cnew era\u201d of energy, according to the scientific journal Nature<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m feeling pretty good,\u201d Richard Town, a physicist who heads LLNL\u2019s inertial-confinement fusion science programme, told the journal. \u201cI think we should all be proud of the achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nuclear fusion was on the agenda at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) earlier this month, with governments agreeing to speed up efforts to develop the technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are edging ever-closer to a fusion-powered reality. And at the same time, yes, significant scientific and engineering challenges exist,\u201d US Climate Envoy John Kerry said at the summit in Dubai.<\/p>\n

\u201cCareful thought and thoughtful policy is going to be critical to navigate this.\u201d<\/p>\n

China, Japan, Russia and the European Union are also investing heavily in nuclear fusion research, with more than $6 billion invested to date, according to the Fusion Industry Association.<\/p>\n

Among the companies investing in the technology is US tech giant Microsoft, who announced the world\u2019s first purchase agreement<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

No other laboratory has replicated LLNL\u2019s successful experiment, though a joint project between the EU and Japan officially opened a six-storey nuclear fusion reactor earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The JT-60SA reactor in Japan\u2019s Ibaraki Prefecture will attempt to produce fusion ignition over the coming months, while an even bigger reactor is currently under construction in France.<\/p>\n

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