'Umlilo weFusion' ubonise okwesine kwiLabhoratri yaseLawrence  

'I-Fusion Ignition' ephunyezwe okokuqala ngoDisemba ka-2022 ibonakaliswe izihlandlo ezithathu ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kwiZiko leSizwe lokuPhumeza (i-NIF) ye-Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Eli linyathelo eliya phambili kuphando oludityanisiweyo kwaye liqinisekisa ubungqina bokuba ukudibana kwenyukliya elawulwayo kunokusetyenziswa ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zamandla. 

Ngomhla wesi-5 kuDisemba ka-2022, iqela lophando eLawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) liqhube ngokulawulwayo. umfuniselo wokudibanisa kusetyenziswa iilaser kwaye kwaphunyezwa 'ukuvutha kwefusion' kunye nokuqhawuka kwamandla-ethetha ukuba umfuniselo wokudibanisa uvelise amandla amaninzi kunokunikezelwa yilaser ukuyiqhuba. Oku yaba yimbali kwisayensi kunye neempembelelo ezibalulekileyo kwithemba acocekileyo fusion amandla kwixesha elizayo. Ukucinywa kwe-Fusion, ukusabela kwe-fusion ezimeleyo bekulibaleka uluntu lophando lwe-fusion amashumi eminyaka.  

Ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuvutha kokudibanisa kunye nokuqhekeka kwamandla okuphunyeziweyo ngo-5^th NgoDisemba ka-2022 yayingelothuba lokuzenzela, abaphandi be-LLNL baphinda uvavanyo olulawulwayo lwe-fusion kwilabhoratri ye-laser kwiZiko leSizwe lokuKhanya (i-NIF) izihlandlo ezihlanu kwaye bafumana ukucinywa kwe-fusion amatyeli amathathu ubuncinci ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka. Umlilo odibeneyo uphunyezwe ngokucacileyo kwiimvavanyo ezenziwe kwi-30^th Julayi 2023, 8^th Okthobha 2023 kunye 30^th Oktobha 2023 ngelixa kwezinye iinzame ezimbini, ukutshisa akukwazanga ukuqinisekiswa ngenxa yokungaqiniseki okuphezulu kwimilinganiselo.  

Ke, i-LLNL iphumelele ukucinywa kwe-fusion amaxesha amane ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.  

Amandla odibaniso lwentengiso useliphupha elikude nangona kunjalo ukufezekisa ukuvutha kokudibanisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo linyathelo eliya phambili fusion uphando kwaye iqinisekisa ubungqina bengcinga elawulayo fusion yenyukliya ingasetyenziswa ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zamandla.  

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Iingxelo:  

1. Danson CN, Gizzi LA. Ukucinywa komxube wokuvalelwa okungenakucikideka okuphunyeziweyo kwiZiko leSizwe lokuPhumeza – inqaku lomhleli. Amandla aphezulu eNzululwazi yeLaser kunye nobuNjineli. 2023;11:e40. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.38 
2. Lawrence Livermore iLebhu yeSizwe. Iindaba – IZiko leSizwe lokuPhumeza le-LLNL lizisa amandla arekhodiweyo elaser. Ipapashwe nge-30 ka-Okthobha 2023. Ifumaneka e  https://www.llnl.gov/article/50616/llnls-national-ignition-facility-delivers-record-laser-energy  
3. McCandless, K, okqhubekayo 2023. Indlela eChaneke ngayo iModeli yeFiziksi yeLaser iVumela iiMfuniselo zokuQalisa iNyukliya yeNyukliya. 26 Septemba 2023 United States: N. p., 2023. Web. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2202544 

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