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A spokesperson for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shared Monday that scientists had produced a more significant power output than the last time.

France’s nuclear stockpile of approximately 290 warheads has remained stable in recent years, but significant modernizations are underway regarding ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, submarines, aircraft, and the nuclear industrial complex.

The Department of Defense (DOE) recently recognized the members of eight research teams at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and its partner sites for outstanding contributions to nuclear security.

/PRNewswire/ -- Mitigating climate changes environmental impact, a primary international concern, has renewed interest in nuclear fusion. A new report from...

Fast Company, a monthly business magazine, has named Lawerence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Director Kim Budil one of the Most Creative People in Business for 2023 for “leading the team

For many years, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) physicist Pierre Michel, an internationally known expert on the physics of laser-plasma...

An experiment producing a fleeting burst of fusion energy is encouraging for this difficult but potentially revolutionary, zero-carbon power source.

Naomi Oreskes in Scientific American: In December 2022 scientists at the U.S. National Ignition Facility (NIF) announced a breakthrough in the decades-long effort to create an energy source based on the same nuclear fusion reactions that power the sun. An “engineering marvel beyond belief,” they proclaimed, as major newspapers quickly followed with breathless coverage. The Washington Post called…

Fusion is the holy grail of governments globally, attracting hundreds of billions in funding and, more recently, the private sector has entered the fray, no doubt expecting a return on its investment sooner rather than later

In February 2021, Texas and wide swaths of North America were shut down by Winter Storm Uri, which caused massive blackouts and left millions of people without power for days. The winter storms exposed vulnerabilities in our country’s electrical grid, and underlined the pressing need for a more reliable energy system. Is a recent breakthrough in nuclear fusion a possible path forward?