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National Ignition Facility

What’s fueling the commercial fusion hype?

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy

National Ignition Facility operators inspect a final optics assembly during a routine maintenance period in August.

The Energy Department’s fusion breakthrough: It’s not really about generating electricity

By John Mecklin | Fusion Energy, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Inertial confinement fusion energy R&D and nuclear proliferation: The need for direct and transparent review

By Robert J. Goldston, Alexander Glaser | Fusion Energy, Uncategorized