Tag Archives: National Ignition Facility

Notes on the NIF nuclear fusion breakthrough

Posted on December 15, 2022 by VM

My explainer/analysis of the US nuclear fusion breakthrough was published today. Some stuff didn’t make it to the final draft for space and tone constraints; I’m publishing that below. 1. While most US government officials present at the announcement of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Scicomm | Tagged central hotspot ignition, climate finance, engineering gain, ITER, Lawson criterion, National Ignition Facility, nuclear fusion, Paris Agreement, Rayleigh-Taylor instability | Leave a comment

US fusion bhashan

Posted on December 13, 2022 by VM

Nuclear fusion? Yay! Climate finance? Shh! Continue reading →

Posted in Op-eds | Tagged climate finance, Jennifer Granholm, Joe Biden, National Ignition Facility, nuclear fusion, US government | Leave a comment

What is a fusion reaction?

Posted on February 21, 2014 by VM

The Copernican February 21, 2014 Last week, the National Ignition Facility, USA, announced that it had breached the first step in triggering a fusion reaction. But what is a fusion reaction? Here are some answers from Prof. Bora – which … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged deuterium, electrical energy, fusion power, inertial confinement, ITER, magnetic confinement, National Ignition Facility, nuclear fusion, tokamak, tritium | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: National Ignition Facility

Notes on the NIF nuclear fusion breakthrough

US fusion bhashan

What is a fusion reaction?

Sign up

Recent posts