The fusion endgame ultimately goes far beyond achieving a breakthrough in a lab.
It's a significant advancement in nuclear physics that was decades in the making, with implications not just for nuclear weapons research but for U.S. energy and climate change policy, as lawmakers in both major parties focus more on expanding clean, reliable energy sources. Fusion powers the sun and other stars, and the fuel most commonly used to replicate fusion reactions are abundant on Earth, giving much hope for a new clean and seemingly endless source of energy.
“The pursuit of fusion ignition in the laboratory is one of the most significant scientific challenges ever tackled by humanity, and achieving it is a triumph of science, engineering, and most of all, people,” said LLNL Director Dr. Kim Budil. “Crossing this threshold is the vision that has driven 60 years of dedicated pursuit — a continual process of learning, building, expanding knowledge and capability, and then finding ways to overcome the new challenges that emerged.
Fusion involves the merging of atoms. It differs from nuclear fission, which involves the splitting of atoms, the process replicated in legacy reactors at nuclear power plants around the world.
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