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Thursday, May 28, 2009
California Fires Up Laser Fusion Machine
From The Guardian:
Success at National Ignition Facility could pave the way for commercial laser fusion power stations and provide a solution to world energy crisis
A tentative first step towards an era of clean, almost limitless energy will take place today with the opening of a giant facility designed to recreate the power of the stars in an oversized warehouse in California.
The $3.5bn National Ignition Facility (NIF) sits in a 10-storey building covering three football fields and will harness the power of lasers to turn tiny pellets of hydrogen into thermonuclear energy.
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