On the one-year anniversary of achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules at LLNL’s National Ignition Facility.

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The scientific results of this record experiment have been published in three peer-reviewed papers: one in Physical Review Letters and two in Physical Review E.

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This stylized image shows a cryogenic target used for these record-setting inertial fusion experiments. Credit:James Wickboldt/LLNL.

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After decades of inertial confinement fusion research, a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ) was achieved for the first time on August 8, 2021.

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This put scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the threshold of fusion gain and achieved scientific ignition.

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On the one-year anniversary of this historic achievement, the scientific results of this record experiment have been published in three peer-reviewed papers.

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One paper was published in Physical Review Letters and two in Physical Review E.

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On the one-year anniversary of achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules at LLNL’s National Ignition Facility.

Credit: Google Image

The scientific results of this record experiment have been published in three peer-reviewed papers: one in Physical Review Letters and two in Physical Review E.

Credit: Google Image

This stylized image shows a cryogenic target used for these record-setting inertial fusion experiments. Credit:James Wickboldt/LLNL.

Credit: Google Image

After decades of inertial confinement fusion research, a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ) was achieved for the first time on August 8, 2021.

Credit: Google Image

This put scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the threshold of fusion gain and achieved scientific ignition.

Credit: Google Image

On the one-year anniversary of this historic achievement, the scientific results of this record experiment have been published in three peer-reviewed papers.

Credit: Google Image

One paper was published in Physical Review Letters and two in Physical Review E.

Credit: Google Image

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Credit: Google Image