The scientific world is talking about the “groundbreaking” breakthrough development written by international press organizations. In the news in the foreign press, it was mentioned that the US Department of Energy is expected to announce a “groundbreaking” development tomorrow. As the news aroused great interest around the world, everyone began to wonder about the details of the development.
IT CANNOT BE OBTAINED SO FAR! “FIRST TIME…”
One of the news in the foreign press was published by the Financial Times. According to the news that FT based on three sources with knowledge on the subject, US scientists achieved a net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the first time, making a breakthrough in the search for clean and unlimited power.
Physicists have been studying the fusion reaction since the 1950s. However, a reaction in which more energy is produced than is consumed so far has not been achieved.
According to the news, a net energy gain was achieved in a fusion experiment in the last two weeks at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility in California.
EYES ARE LOOKING FOR TOMORROW
US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and her undersecretary for nuclear safety, Jill Hruby, are expected to unveil the “major scientific breakthrough” on Tuesday (tomorrow) at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
According to the report, the lab confirmed that a successful experiment was recently conducted at the National Ignition Facility, but noted that analysis of the results is ongoing.
Two people who were informed about the results stated that the energy obtained was higher than expected, which damaged some diagnostic equipment and made analysis difficult.
“IF THIS IS CONFIRMED, WE WILL WITNESS A HISTORIC MOMENT”
Plasma physicist Dr. Arthur Turrell said, “If this is confirmed, we will witness a historical moment,” and said that scientists have struggled since the 1950s to show that fusion releases more energy than the energy released. According to Turrel, researchers at Lawrence Livermore seem to have finally achieved this long-standing goal.
On the other hand, the discovery of fusion energy by US scientists will increase clean energy hopes after the official announcement.