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2022Nuclear fusion ignition achievedNIF produces more energy than inputThe National Ignition Facility announced on December 5, 2022 that it had achieved nuclear fusion ignition for the first time — producing more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to trigger it, a 60-year goal.