Specialists say the breakthrough will pave the way for the future of clean energy.
The Secretary of Energy of the United States, Jennifer Granholm, announced Tuesday that a group of researchers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory of California had achieved a “major scientific breakthrough” in the decades-long pursuit of energy fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars.
Scientists managed to produce for the first time more energy in a fusion reaction than had been used to start itan operation that is called net gain of energy, as reported by the Department of Energy.
According to Granholm and other officials, the achievement will pave the way for advances in national defense and the future of clean energy. Granholm appeared with Livermore investigators at a news conference in Washington.
“This is a landmark achievement for National Ignition Facility researchers and staff who have dedicated their careers to investigating how fusion ignition could become a reality, and this milestone will no doubt spark even more discoveriesGranholm said, adding that the trailer “will go down in the history books.”
Appearing alongside Granholm, White House science adviser Arati Prabhakar called fusion ignition “a tremendous example of what persistence can achieve” and “a unimaginable marvel of engineering“.
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