Are we on the brink of a nuclear fusion breakthrough?

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The National Ignition Facility used lasers to generate net energy from a pellet of fusion fuel in 2022. But the experiment is still a long way from truly producing more electricity than it requires. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Nuclear fusion could change the world. It would produce energy at lower costs than we generate it now without greenhouse gas emissions or long-term nuclear waste.

“Fusion is the ultimate energy source,” says Phil Larochelle, a partner at Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a private venture capital firm that’s investing

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