fusion reaction
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At the time, a controlled fusion reaction produced more energy than it consumed by using lasers to create conditions that cause hydrogen atoms to fuse and release vast amounts of energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
In 2022, a federal lab in California generated more energy from a fusion reaction than it took to start the reaction.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
Another challenge is that the fusion reaction produces high energy particles that will degrade steel, or any other material that lines the reactor core.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024
Such momentary, explosive ELMs need to be avoided because they can damage the inner components of a tokamak, draw impurities from the tokamak walls into the plasma and make the fusion reaction less efficient.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2024
After a while, the fusion reaction dims, and the equilibrium is upset.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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