Laser Megajoule fuel pellet. The Laser Megajoule (LMJ) is an experimental nuclear fusion device being built near Bordeaux, France. Its design uses 240
Laser Megajoule fuel pellet. The Laser Megajoule (LMJ) is an experimental nuclear fusion device being built near Bordeaux, France. Its design uses 240 laser beams and megajoules of power to heat a target to the point where fusion and power generation occurs. It uses the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) method. Here, the spherical fuel pellet, less than a millimetre across, is held in place by spider threads. This microsphere consists of deuterium-tritium fusion fuel. Construction of the LMJ started with the Laser Integration Line (LIL, 8 lasers), completed in 2002 and due to be expanded into the full LMJ by 2012. Photographed at the Valduc facility of the French Atomic Agency (CEA).
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