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World's Most Powerful Laser Fired By American Scientists In Pursuit Of Fusion Ignition

 
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World's Most Powerful Laser Fired By American Scientists In Pursuit Of Fusion Ignition
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LIVERMORE, Calif. -- The National Ignition Facility (NIF), the world's most energetic laser, surpassed a critical milestone in its efforts to meet one of modern science's greatest challenges: achieving fusion ignition and energy gain in a laboratory setting. NIF's 192 lasers fired in perfect unison, delivering a record 1.875 million joules (MJ) of ultraviolet laser light to the facility's target chamber center.


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