[ExI] Record-breaking laser pulse boosts fusion power hopes

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 05:31:07PM -0400, Mike Dougherty wrote:
> 2012/3/25 Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>:
> > Hey, I like my tokamaks like the next guy, but...
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/23/nif_laser_pulse/
> 
> Do we know how much energy it takes to light a fusion reaction?

3.5 MeV for D-T fusion. 1 eV=1.6*10^-19 J