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How does nuclear fusion work, and why is the US investing in it?

In December 2022, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California achieved a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. For the first time, they successfully created more energy from a fusion reaction than the energy used to start the process.

This was the latest of several developments in the past few years that have brought nuclear fusion closer to becoming a viable source of energy.

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