World News | The United States has made a major scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology

washington [US]Dec. 14 (ANI): The United States has made a major scientific breakthrough in fusion technology that could pave the way for defense advancements and a “clean” energy future, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday.

A team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California conducted the first-ever controlled fusion experiment to achieve a “scientific energy budget,” the Department of Energy said in a statement. depends on the laser energy used to drive it,” a joint release with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

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“This historic first-of-its-kind achievement will provide unprecedented capabilities to support NNSA’s inventory management program and will provide valuable insight into the clean fusion energy landscape, which will be a game-changer to achieve President Biden’s goal of a net-zero carbon economy ,” the statement said.

Supporters of nuclear fusion hope to one day produce nearly unlimited carbon-free energy and replace fossil fuels and other traditional energy sources, US media reported. Experts say the net energy gain has been an elusive goal because fusion occurs at unusually high temperatures and pressures that are very difficult to control.

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While producing the energy to power homes and businesses through fusion may be decades away, what Lawrence Livermore’s team has achieved is still significant.

Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said: “For more than a century, we have a theoretical understanding of nuclear fusion, but the journey from knowing to doing can be long and arduous. Today’s milestone Shows that we can persevere and do something,” he said.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he had secured what he called the “highest authorization ever” of more than $624 million this year to allow researchers to build on the fusion breakthrough. “This astonishing scientific advance puts us on the precipice of a future that is no longer dependent on fossil fuels and replaced by new, clean fusion energy sources,” he said. (Arney)

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