Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), a subsidiary of the U.S. Department of Energy, revealed a major breakthrough in fusion energy on the 13th local time, and said that if companies can extend this technology to the business field in the next decades, it will help curb climate change.
According to the report of " Reuters ", the U.S. Department of Energy said that on December 5, LLNL briefly achieved a "net energy gain" response in the recent nuclear fusion experiment, and generated 2.5 million joules (MJ) of energy, which is about 120% of the energy input to hydrogen fuel laser energy.
About a century ago, scientists knew that nuclear fusion powered the sun and had been working on developing nuclear fusion technology on Earth for decades. Today, most scientists use inertial confinement fusion technology to cause nuclear fusion reactions, that is, use the world's largest laser to shoot hydrogen plasma (hydrogen plasma) to simulate the sun's nuclear fusion process. Kimberly Budil, director of
LLNL, told the media at the Ministry of Energy's event that "scientific and technological obstacles mean that practical applications in the energy industry may not be achieved in 5 or 6 years, but not too long. Through joint efforts and investment, decades may allow us to use this technology to build the first power plant."
According to CBS News, supporters of nuclear fusion hope to replace fossil fuels and other traditional energy sources through the technology that produces almost unlimited and carbon-free energy. Professor Dennis Whyte, director of the Center for Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion and a leader in the field of nuclear fusion research, said: "We should be committed to applying nuclear fusion energy systems to contain climate change and energy security."
In order to pursue this concept, LLNL has built the largest and highest-energy laser light system in the world.
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