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Two people in white coverall suits look at the machinery at the National Ignition Facility Target Area.
Operators inspect the National Ignition Facility target chamber where the fusion ignition experiments take place.

Jason Laurea/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • In 2022, the Lawrence Livermore National Lab had a major fusion energy breakthrough.
  • In the year since, the lab has reached ignition three more times.
  • While the research could one day lead to fusion power, there are still many challenges to get there.

US scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Lab have entered what they're calling the "age of ignition."

The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore had a major breakthrough in December 2022 when, for the first time ever, it achieved "ignition."

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