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EarnestPutz

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1. One "Google" search for "NIF and Fusion Reactions" found this article from last year....

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Thu Mar 25, 2021, 11:17 PM

Mar 2021

.....explaining that the usage of the laser for fusion research has been cut in half, down to 30% of lab time, in recent years. Mr NNadir, I know you have been an effective proponent of nuclear power here on DU for a long time, but I don't remember what kind of hope you may have expressed for fusion reactors in the future. Could you please enlighten one of your acolytes about this? And maybe some thoughts on the competing use of this facility for warhead design. Thanks for the post, interesting video.

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/laser-fusion-reactor-approaches-burning-plasma-milestone

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One "Google" search for "NIF and Fusion Reactions" found this article from last year.... EarnestPutz Mar 2021 #1

I regularly attend lectures at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, many of which are on fusion. NNadir Mar 2021 #2