The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $42 million for a program that will establish multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary hubs to advance foundational inertial fusion energy (IFE) science ...

This chapter deals with the technologies other than the driver technologies covered in Chapter 2 that are required to produce and utilize the energy from fusion nuclear reactions in an inertial fusion ...

The hubs will be led by researchers at Colorado State University, the University of Rochester, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Projects funded by the program—known as Inertial Fusion ...

Fusion is a natural phenomenon that provides our planet with much of its energy—generated millions of miles away in the center of our sun. Here on Earth, scientists are trying to replicate the hot and ...

Magnetized inertial fusion combines the rapid compression of fuel characteristic of inertial confinement with an applied magnetic field to inhibit thermal losses and enhance confinement. In a typical ...

Inertial confinement fusion is one method for generating energy through nuclear fusion, albeit one plagued by all manner of scientific challenges (although progress is being made). Researchers at ...

At a time when our need for electricity is growing rapidly, why are we creating a system based on intermittent wind and solar generated power? In 2025 U.S. spending on renewable energy ...

The Plasma Liner Experiment will soon test the potential for a novel plasma fusion concept, while offering insights into the physics of colliding plasma jets. Assembly of the Plasma Liner Experiment ...

The desirability of fusion power is undeniable. There is, after all, sufficient fusion fuel to supply the entire world’s energy needs for millions of years. 1 Furthermore, fusion power plants would ...

Following ignition demonstrations at the National Ignition Facility, the prospect of developing a fusion energy source using lasers looks brighter than ever. Here, SLAC experts weigh in on what it ...