@brianbeutler this is the stuff of science fiction -- the kind of technology that can make possible unbelievable leaps in progress.

@brianbeutler As a physicist, I find this announcement very overhyped. Inertial confinement fusion basically explodes a tiny H-bomb. To generate large aggregate amounts of power from explosions that are small enough to be kept inside a vessel, you need frequent repetition. The vessel has to remain vacuum tight for decades despite mechanical shock and neutron bombardment. The equipment that extracts the heat faces the same stresses.

@brianbeutler And it was done by scientists, working on salary, at a national lab. Bravo, basic science!