The Department of Defense (DOE) recently recognized the members of eight research teams at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and its partner sites for outstanding contributions to nuclear security.
Many media outlets recently reported a fusion breakthrough as a clean energy story. However, in a recent Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists article (12/16/22) by John Mecklin, he explains that the recent fusion experiment at the National Ignition.
The fusion breakthrough that the US Energy Department announced this week is scientifically significant, but the significance relates to the monitoring of the country's nuclear weapons stockpike, not to clean electricity generation.
Two former students employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are among many people with ties to Texas A&M who played a part in the major scientific advancement.