The fusion research laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, which focuses 192 beams onto a target the size of a pencil eraser and is billed by the laboratory as the highest-energy laser in the world. On 5 December 2022 it ran the first controlled fusion experiment to yield more energy than the laser delivered, 3.15 megajoules out against 2.05 in. That is scientific breakeven against laser energy on target, not against the far larger electricity the facility draws, and NIF is a research instrument, not a power plant.
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Facility TypeFusion research facility 1 LocationLivermore, California, United States 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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