Nuclear Fusion May Still Be Decades Away, but the Latest Breakthrough Could Speed Up Its Development
Nuclear fusion holds huge promise as a source of clean, abundant energy that could power the world. Now, fusion researchers at a national laboratory in the US have achieved something physicists have been working towards for decades, a process known as “ignition”.This step involves getting more energy out from fusion reactions than is put in by a laser.But just how close are we to producing energy from fusion that can power people's homes? While the ignition is only a proof of principle and the first step in a very long…