Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion Energy Explained

For the first time in history, net energy has been released from a controlled nuclear fusion reaction on Earth. This was achieved by the National Ignition Facility on the 5th of December 2022 using Inertial Confinement Fusion. This video will show you how they did it and what it really means.

Animations courtesy of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory:
@LivermoreLab

Sources:
https://www.iop.org/sites/default/files/2019-06/inertial-confinement-lancaster.pdf
https://www.nature.com/articles/239139a0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goLgvgM2orE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility
https://twitter.com/JB_Fusion/status/1602672485123645440?cxt=HHwWgICz8ciI670sAAAA

Thanks to the Fusion community on Reddit for the help!
r/Fusion

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