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Fusion beams
The giant NIF laser systems focuses no fewer than 192 laser beams onto the tiny "hohlraum" target. Although the laser system is operating well, and has met the conditions thought to be required to attain fusion with ignition, that key goal has not yet been demonstrated. Credit: LLNL.
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