August 07, 2023 05:14 pm | Updated 05:14 pm ISTU.S. scientists have achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time since December last year, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said on Sunday. Scientists at the California-based lab repeated the breakthrough in an experiment in the National Ignition Facility (NIF) on July 30 that produced a higher energy yield than in December, a Lawrence Livermore spokesperson said. Also Read | Nuclear fusion ‘breakthrough’: Decades of research are still needed before fusion can be used as clean energyFinal results are still being analyzed, the spokesperson added. Lawrence Livermore achieved a net energy gain in a fusion experiment using lasers on Dec. 5, 2022. The scientists focused a laser on a target of fuel to fuse two light atoms into a denser one, releasing the energy.

Source: The Hindu August 07, 2023 14:45 UTC