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submitted 10 months ago by Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I thought the Z machine at Sandia produced more than it consumed? That was like 20 years ago

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Nah, the Z machine never achieved ignition. That doesn’t mean it’s not a really cool facility though!

[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, I thought they were running fast ignition since like 2005?

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They’ve been doing studies of what would be required for ignition for a while, but have never demonstrated ignition using the Z machine.

If they did have ignition, there’s no way they would’ve let LLNL claim to be first and enjoy all the media attention.