inertial fusion

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

Example Sentences

"When Alex and I learned about those tests at Los Alamos, our reaction was like 'wow, inertial fusion has already worked!'. Laboratory-scale pellets were ignited, the details were classified, but enough was made public that we knew that ignition was achieved," says Mr Galloway.

From BBC

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

The research effort will be “focused more on the underlying technologies needed for any inertial fusion system,” said Scott Hsu, the lead fusion coordinator at the Department of Energy.

From New York Times

“You want to bring the brightest in your field together so that you can innovate and tackle some of the challenges for inertial fusion energy,” Dr. Akli said.

From New York Times

The latter one “could be promising,” says Richard Town, head of inertial fusion experiments at NIF, who gave a keynote address at the Denver conference.

From Science Magazine