A bright flash of light from a FuZE (Fusion Z-pinch Experiment) plasma. Credit: Zap Energy In the nine decades since humans first produced fusion reactions, only a few fusion technologies have ...

1. First Light has laser inertial fusion in a pulsed process. It is like an internal combustion engine. Each target releases a large amount of energy; the power output is the energy per shot ...

First Light used a large two-stage hyper-velocity gas gun to launch a projectile at a target, containing the fusion fuel and achieved fusion. The projectile reached a speed of 6.5 km per second before ...

First Light Fusion presents first reactor-compatible path to "high gain" fusion, which would drastically reduce the cost of this limitless clean energy source. Gain (energy out divided by energy in – ...

British inertial fusion energy developer First Light Fusion and systems, engineering and technology company Frazer-Nash Consultancy have announced plans for collaborative research to advance fusion ...

First Light Fusion concluded the £1.1 million “Big Gun” fusion device’s construction in May 2021 and has now successfully completed the testing and commissioning phase. The Big Gun is the largest of ...

British inertial fusion energy developer First Light Fusion has presented the first commercially viable, reactor-compatible path to 'high gain' fusion, which it says would drastically reduce the cost ...

From the outside, the southern England Oxford Industrial Park doesn’t look like the heart of a potential climate change breakthrough. A small, drab smattering of concrete, flanked by flat green fields ...