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U.S. Department of Energy Awards Blue Laser Fusion Funds to Develop High-Energy Laser for Fusion Energy
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 20, 2024 — INFUSE project award to develop a high-energy pulsed laser for inertial fusion energy applications in collaboration with California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The project focuses on high energy pulsed laser amplification using an optical...
Longview Fusion Energy Advances Plan for Fusion Power Plant
LIVERMORE, Calif., March 12, 2024 — Longview Fusion Energy Systems said last week that it has enlisted engineering and construction firm Fluor to design a laser fusion power plant — a step toward the company's stated goal of delivering power to the grid via its fusion pilot plant by...
Trends to Watch in Photonics in 2024
Jan 8, 2024 — The world did not become a better place in 2023. But some parts of the photonics industry made remarkable progress. And that will endure. The world of photonics is changing. In some places at a slow pace, in others by leaps and bounds. Laser...
NIF Scientists Claim Repeat Fusion Breakthrough
LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 7, 2023 — Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the National Ignition Facility (NIF) have reportedly advanced last December’s laser fusion breakthrough result. For the second time, scientists obtained more energy from a fusion...
U.S. DOE Awards Funding for Eight Fusion Science Companies
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2023 — Eight companies developing approaches to fusion energy will receive funding from the Energy Act of 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced this week. The department awarded $46 million in total, with the funding earmarked for each...
Nuclear Fusion Drives Laser Development
Apr 3, 2023 — It is a rare event when a successful experiment in basic research makes it to the evening news. In December 2022, the U.S. secretary of energy announced a breakthrough in laser-based nuclear fusion. The news was covered in all major media around the...
US Department of Energy Details Net Energy Gain from LLNL Fusion Work
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 13, 2022 — Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) achieved fusion ignition, marking a groundbreaking advance in the decades-long...
PowerPhotonic Names CEO for Its US Venture: People in the News: 02/23/22
PARIS, Feb. 23, 2022 — The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) appointed Ulrike Helfferich COO to supervise daily business operations, lead key initiatives, and implement organization-wide strategies. Helfferich has more than 30 years of experience in the areas...
LLNL Experiment Reaches Threshold of Nuclear Fusion Ignition
LIVERMORE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2021 — An experiment at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) has triggered ignition for the first time. Ignition is the process that amplifies energy output from nuclear fusion and that could provide an avenue...
Direct-Drive Laser Fusion Experiments Move Toward Target Ignition
ROCHESTER, NY, Sept. 13, 2016 — Conditions capable of producing a direct drive laser fusion yield that is five times higher than the current record for laser fusion energy yield have been demonstrated.
After Fusion Failure, NIF Shifts Priorities
LIVERMORE, Calif., May 6, 2013 — Having failed to achieve fusion by its target date, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) is shifting its priorities and has replaced longtime director Dr. Edward Moses, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Director Parney Albright announced last...
Simulations Uncover Obstacle to Harnessing Laser-driven Fusion
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 27, 2013 — A once-promising approach for using next-generation, ultra-intense lasers to help deliver commercially viable fusion energy has been brought into serious question by new experimental results and first-of-a-kind simulations of laser-plasma...
HiPER to Expand Europe’s Role in Laser-Driven Nuclear Fusion Technology
Jun 1, 2012 — In November 2010, the US’ National Ignition Facility fired the first shot toward a clean energy future. And Europe’s HiPER project will answer the call to arms. Coal, oil and other fossil fuels may or may not have staying power beyond...
Vulcan Heats Volumes
OXFORDSHIRE, England, Sept. 20, 2008 -- Laser fusion is a step closer after intense laser pulses from the Vulcan petawatt laser facility heated significant volumes of solid-density matter to 10 million K -- hotter than the sun. The milestone in high-energy density science was reached by...
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