American scientists have announced the most important success on the way to create thermonuclear power plants. They claim that for the first time they managed to get more energy from the thermonuclear reactor than was spent on maintaining its work.
The US Department of Energy reported that scientists from the Liverrand National Laboratory in California have achieved success. This theoretically makes fundamental breakthroughs in the field of national defense and “pure” energy, said US Energy Minister Jennifer Grenholm, writes Voice of America.
The minister added that this is one of the outstanding scientific achievements of the 21st century.
The White House adviser to Arati Prabhakar called the results of the experiment “an incredible diamond of engineering thought.” Adepts of the development of thermonuclear synthesis believe that it is able to provide humanity with an infinite amount of energy, eliminating the need to use fossil fuel and traditional energy resources.
US President Joe Biden called this success an example of the importance of investment in scientific research.