Scientists plan to ignite tiny man-made star - Telegraph

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Scientists plan to ignite tiny man-made star - Telegraph

Some time in the spring of 2009, scientists in Livermore, California plan to fuse hydrogen nuclei into helium, and in the process generate 10 times as much energy as was used to start the process. If it works, it will be the first step to generating energy from fusion. The facility uses ultra-fast laser pulses, generating one every five hours. The next step would be to shorten the wait between pulses to 1/10th of a second.