WASHINGTON - Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is set to announce a “major scientific breakthrough” on the morning of Dec. 13 in a decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars. Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore (Calif.) National Laboratory has produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it, something called net energy gain, according to two people, speaking on condition of anonymity, but familiar with the research. Granholm is scheduled to appear alongside Livermore researchers at Tuesday morning event in Washington. (The AP 12/12/22)
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