inertial fusion
Britishnoun
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China’s weapons lab is recruiting 2,000 scientists, engineers and other experts for its inertial fusion programs, and thousands of additional hires are anticipated.
Innovative U.S. inertial fusion energy companies, including those that use pulsed power and laser approaches, are building demonstration systems on a scale comparable to China’s facilities.
TAE’s work has already yielded advanced power electronics for the grid and electric vehicles, while the Energy Department’s inertial fusion program has produced advanced high-power lasers, microfabrication techniques and ultrafast electronics, including those used in modern automotive radar.
"When Alex and I learned about those tests at Los Alamos, our reaction was like 'wow, inertial fusion has already worked!'. Laboratory-scale pellets were ignited, the details were classified, but enough was made public that we knew that ignition was achieved," says Mr Galloway.
From BBC
The research effort will be “focused more on the underlying technologies needed for any inertial fusion system,” said Scott Hsu, the lead fusion coordinator at the Department of Energy.
From New York Times
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