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Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough California Team Achieved Ignition

Three peer-reviewed papers highlight scientific results of National Ignition Facility record yield shot.
After decades of inertial confinement fusion research, a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ) was achieved at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility (NIF) for the first time on Aug. 8, 2021, putting researchers at the threshold of fusion gain and achieving scientific ignition.

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