Laser Fusion Milestone Achieved

A major milestone was reached recently when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California reported that they had demonstrated that laser pulses shot into a cavity can produce the conditions required to trigger nuclear fusion reactions.  The finding was a crucial test of principle for Livermore’s National Ignition Facility (NIF), the $3.5 billion complex now under construction and expected to start full operations in 2009.
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