How to Watch Tomorrow’s Big Announcement About Nuclear Fusion Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy is expected to announce a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion research on Tuesday morning. Word of the expected news is already out, as the Financial Times reported yesterday that the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction. That means more energy was produced from the reaction than it took to power the reaction.Though the research finding is just that—i.e., a result with no immediate consequences for our energy…