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