inertial fusion

British  

noun

1. physics a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature

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Example Sentences

China’s weapons lab is recruiting 2,000 scientists, engineers and other experts for its inertial fusion programs, and thousands of additional hires are anticipated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The Energy Department received many applications, and a review panel picked Livermore, Rochester and Colorado State, said Kramer Akli, who manages the government’s inertial fusion energy sciences program.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2023

"Around that fuel pellet is a gold and depleted uranium cylinder," explains Mike Farrell, vice president of inertial fusion technology at General Atomics, which is LLNL's largest industrial partner.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2023

“We don’t know how to build a power plant,” says Tammy Ma, who heads the inertial fusion energy effort at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the home of NIF.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 14, 2023

“They show that the pursuit of an inertial fusion reactor is a realistic possibility for the future and not built upon difficult and insurmountable physics.”

From Scientific American • Feb. 2, 2022