What :

• Nuclear fusion is defined as the combining of several small nuclei into one large nucleus with the subsequent release of huge amounts of energy.
• The difference in mass between the reactants and products is manifested as either the release or the absorption of energy.
• Nuclear fusion powers our sun and harnessing this fusion energy could provide an unlimited amount of renewable energy.
• An example of nuclear fusion is the process of four hydrogens coming together to form helium.

What is in news : Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced that an experiment carried out in its National Ignition Facility has made a breakthrough in nuclear fusion research

What is the experiment :  In the experiment, lasers were used to heat a small target or fuel pellets. These pellets containing deuterium and tritium fused and produced more energy. The team noted that they were able to achieve a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules.

Advantage of Fusion energy : Nuclear fusion energy is a good choice as the baseload energy in the future with many advantages, such as inexhaustibility of resources, inherent safety, no long-lived radioactive wastes, and almost no CO2 emissions