US lab produces extra energy from nuclear fusion

1. Multiple lasers

are fired into a

gold cylinder

2. The walls

of the cylinder

heat up

producing

X-rays

Fuel

capsule

containing

deuterium

and tritium

3. The X-rays blast the surface off the pellet ...

... forcing a rapid implosion that compresses

and heatsthe fuel, causing fusion

4. Nuclear fusion then occurs when the two atoms

combine ...

 

Neutron

Deuterium

Fusion

Energy

Tritium

Helium

... forming a Helium nucleus and a high-energy

neutron, and other energy

1. Multiple lasers

are fired into a

gold cylinder

3. The X-rays blast the surface

off the pellet ...

2. The walls of the

cylinder heat up

producing X-rays

Fuel

capsule

containing

deuterium

and tritium

... forcing a rapid implosion

that compresses and heats

the fuel, causing fusion

4. Nuclear fusion

then occurs when

the two atoms

combine ...

 

Deuterium

Fusion

Neutron

Energy

Tritium

... forming a helium

nucleus and a high-energy

neutron, and other energy

Helium