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Nuclear fusion will scale up too late to avoid climatic catastrophe

>> reporter: in the middle of a december night, they did it. >> and you only need a tiny little bit of fuel. >> thats right, yeah. our little pellet that sits right in the middle, you cant even see it, is just two millimeters in diameter. >> reporter: that target includes an abundant isotope found in sea water and goes into a chamber about the size of a beach ball in the 60s but is now a round room 30 feet across with 192 massive lasers aimed at the center. >> theyre big, 40 by 40 centimeters. e...

Despite many believing that abundant and clean fusion energy is still decades away, the tech giant is hoping it'll come along much sooner.

Scientists based at MIT have claimed that if all nuclear reactors in the US were to stop working, pollution-related deaths could dramatically increase.

Israel's NT-Tao wants to build a compact fusion reactor and has won investment from Honda.

Here’s what’s next after the U.S. National Ignition Facility’s breakthrough on nuclear fusion last year

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratorys Andrea "Annie" Kritcher has been named to Time magazines TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Andrea "Annie" Kritcher has been named to Time magazine's TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.  

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Andrea "Annie" Kritcher has been named to Time magazine's TIME100 list.

REGIONAL — Time Magazine has named Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) design physicist Andrea “Annie” Kritcher to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The