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Nuclear Fusion World Record Smashed in Major Achievement::undefined
Nuclear Fusion World Record Smashed in Major Achievement::undefined
Worth noting that the 2 MJ of input only counts the heat directly absorbed by the pellet. It ignores the part of the laser beam that doesn’t hit the pellet, the part that gets reflected, etc., not to mention the energy needed to power all the rest of the apparatus. The lasers alone consume over 300 MJ of energy to operate.