{"id":1771749,"date":"2022-12-11T21:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T02:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771749"},"modified":"2022-12-11T21:33:50","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T02:33:50","slug":"prospect-of-fusion-energy-breakthrough-creates-excitement-ahead-of-big-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prospect-of-fusion-energy-breakthrough-creates-excitement-ahead-of-big-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospect Of Fusion Energy Breakthrough Creates Excitement Ahead Of Big Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprospect-of-fusion-energy-breakthrough-creates-excitement-ahead-of-big-announcement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1771749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A report teasing a breakthrough in the search for viable nuclear fusion is generating a burst of cautious excitement for the future of energy ahead of a U.S. government announcement next week.<\/p>\n<p>In the past two weeks, scientists at a federal facility in California were able to produce more energy than the amount of energy put into the experiment using laser beams to ignite a fusion reaction with a small amount of hydrogen plasma, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sources told the Financial Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This net energy gain, which has eluded physicists for decades, was achieved at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and signals the emergence of a technology that could become a zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels, though scientists stress that fusion power stations are decades away from becoming a reality, the report added.<\/p>\n<p>People inside and out of the scientific community celebrated the news, though with a healthy dose of caution. The report offers some reason to be careful, as two of its source said the greater-than-expected energy output \u2014 2.5 megajoules of energy in the experiment using 2.1 megajoules of energy in the lasers 2.5 megajoules of energy \u2014 damaged some diagnostic equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is confirmed, we are witnessing a moment of history,\u201d said Dr. Arthur Turrell, a plasma physicist, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7\">according to the report<\/a>. \u201cScientists have struggled to show that fusion can release more energy than is put in since the 1950s, and the researchers at Lawrence Livermore seem to have finally and absolutely smashed this decades-old goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), who is a member of multiple energy caucuses and groups, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedlieu\/status\/1602053923090505728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cIf this fusion energy breakthrough is true, it could be a game changer for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If this fusion energy breakthrough is true, it could be a game changer for the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bSeCnWCE19\">https:\/\/t.co\/bSeCnWCE19<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedlieu\/status\/1602053923090505728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report noted the laboratory was not ready to confirm any findings just yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitial diagnostic data suggests another successful experiment at the National Ignition Facility. However, the exact yield is still being determined and we can\u2019t confirm that it is over the threshold at this time,\u201d the lab said. \u201cThat analysis is in process, so publishing the information\u2009\u2026\u2009before that process is complete would be inaccurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Undersecretary for Nuclear Security Jill Hruby are expected to announce \u201ca major scientific breakthrough\u201d at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Tuesday, according to the Energy Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A report teasing a breakthrough in the search for viable nuclear fusion is generating a burst of cautious excitement for the future of energy ahead of a U.S. government announcement next week. 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