ICF

American

Physics. inertial confinement fusion: an experimental method for producing controlled thermonuclear energy by focusing laser beams onto a pellet containing deuterium and tritium.

ICF British

abbreviation

intermediate care facility

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Consulting firm ICF expects U.S. power demand to rise 25% by 2030 from 2023’s levels, largely because of data center needs.

From The Wall Street Journal

ICF uses powerful lasers or electrical charges to squeeze tiny fuel pellets rapidly until their atoms fuse—like a controlled, miniature version of the process that powers the sun.

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ICF allows scientists to replicate and study the effects of nuclear weapons, including how materials behave under the same extreme temperatures and pressures found inside a nuclear detonation, without an actual nuclear test.

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These labs are building facilities equipped to produce powerful lasers and huge electrical chargers to help China achieve high-yield ICF.

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China’s new ICF sites include a powerful laser-driven facility expected to be called Shenguang-IV or “Divine Light.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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