This concept can lead to the design of inertial fusion energy based power plants. The laser system we're needing is not a small laser system. It is a large facility. I mean, we're talking stadium sized lasers. We have to do a significant amount of engineering development because we need to run them at 10 times per second instead of one time a day. But that's just engineering at this point. That's not there. There's a lot of engineering. There is no... You've got the physics down. We've got theysics down. Yeah. As you can see, we just flew through a flock of geese and I want to let you know that our inflight
How did we achieve nuclear fusion? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn about thermonuclear fusion, the world’s most powerful lasers, and harnessing nuclear power with operations manager at The National Ignition Facility, Bruno Van Wonterghem.
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