A step closer to Limitless Clean Energy: Scientists harnessed power from Nuclear Fusion! 

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Newsum | Author : Akanksha Choudhary Published Nov 25 2022 Arrow

Since the 1950s, researchers have been working to develop fusion energy & eventually fusion power plants.

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According to reports, US government scientists have reached the long-sought milestone of a net power gain in a fusion reaction.

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The discovery is anticipated to be a game-changer in the search for endless, carbon-free power.

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No research team has yet been able to outpace a fusion reaction's energy consumption.

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Federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California conducted the experiment.

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This employed a technique known as inertial confinement fusion.

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This entails firing lasers at a microscopic hydrogen plasma pellet.

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About 2.5 megajoules of energy, or about 12% of the energy consumed in the lasers was created by the fusion reaction.

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