Scientists have been working to achieve this result for over 60 years. Initial interim results have been submitted before, but now we have formal approval from US authorities and we are confident in the results and their incredible prospects.

What is known about the opening

Fusion is a process that occurs in stars, including our Sun. Worldwide, it It can become an almost inexhaustible source of environmental energy.Requires only a little sea water to produce. However, enormous temperatures and pressures are required for thermonuclear fusion, similar to stellar fusion, to proceed successfully in planetary conditions. Scientists were able to reproduce them for quite some time, but this always required more energy than is obtained at the output. Therefore, it cannot be exaggerated to overcome this important obstacle to the reaction that occurs when two or more atoms come together.

Of course, full use of technology is still a long way off. Although this experiment was innovative, produced enough energy to boil about 20 liters of water. It’s not much, but this important step shows that such a thing is possible in world conditions. Now scientists are faced with the task of scaling this process.

How does fusion work?

• For the reactor to work, a small amount of hydrogen is placed in a pea-sized capsule.
• The hydrogen is heated and compressed using a powerful laser with 192 beams.
• At the same time, the temperature of the gas capsule reaches 100 million degrees Celsius, which is higher than at the center of the Sun.
• As a result, the pressure is 100 billion times greater than that of the Earth.
• In such cases, a thermonuclear reaction begins, which leads to the release of energy.

A serious problem with the use of thermonuclear energy is primarily to sustain the reaction long enough.