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"The experimental results - the degree to which the imploding liner maintained its cylindrical integrity throughout its implosion - were consistent with results from earlier Sandia computer simulations," says lead researcher Ryan McBride."These predicted MagLIF will exceed scientific break-even."
Simulations have shown that an accelerator generating 60 million amperes or more could reach high-gain fusion conditions, where the fusion energy released exceeds the energy supplied to the fuel by more than 1,000 times.
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Weird wording there. I haven't delt much with nuclear chemistry but in this universe at below the speed of light you can't produce more energy than fuel is put in. Along with the "scientific break even". Sounds like interesting and good work but why glamour it up? It's like a politician who also happened to be a suepr genious mad physicist wrote the article up.