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Plenary 2 - Inertial Fusion: From Experiment to US Grid

Third Level, MG Salon D

After four decades of relentless effort an experiment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully demonstrated fusion in December 2022. Listen to their long path to this success and what it would take to get energy from a fusion reactor on the US grid, for all of us to use.

Speakers

  • Doug Larsen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (retired), on the history
  • Joseph Ralf, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, on the experiment
  • Tammy Ma, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, on the experiment to grid