The National Ignition Facility’s preamplifier module increases the laser energy as it travels to the Target Chamber in an undated photograph at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory federal research facility in Livermore, California, U.S. Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
Aug 6 - U.S. government scientists have achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time since December last year, the Financial TimesResearchers at the federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California repeated the breakthrough in an experiment on July 30 that produced a higher energy output than in December, the newspaper said, citing people with knowledge of the results.a net energy gain in a fusion experiment using lasers on Dec. 5, 2022.
The laboratory confirmed to the FT that energy gain had been achieved again at its laser facility, adding that analysis of the results was underway. The Lawrence Livermore National Lab and the U.S. Energy Department did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.