MD国家点火装置，2012之前完成聚变反应。

The National Ignition Facility
"Creating a miniature star on Earth" is the goal of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), home to the world's largest and highest-energy laser in Livermore, California. On September 29th, 2010, the NIF completed its first integrated ignition experiment, where it focused its 192 lasers on a small cylinder housing a tiny frozen capsule containing hydrogen fuel, briefly bombarding it with 1 megajoule of laser energy. The experiment was the latest in a series of tests leading to a hoped-for "ignition", where the nuclei of the atoms of the fuel inside the target capsule are made to fuse together releasing tremendous energy - potentially more energy than was put in to start the initial reaction, becoming a valuable power source. The NIF has cost over $3.5 billion since 1997 and is a part of the federally funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Scientists at NIF say they hope to achieve fusion by 2012. (27 photos total)

链接：http://www.boston.com/bigpicture ... ition_facility.html

简单翻译
国家点火装置
“在地球上制造一个小太阳”是位于加利福尼亚Livermore的全球最强激光设备国家点火装置（NIF）的目标。2010年9月29日，NIF完成了它的第一次整体点火实验，该次试验中它将192束激光聚焦在一小块内含氢燃料的容器中，简单来说就是用1兆焦瓦的激光能量轰击它。该实验是一系列意图完成“点火”的项目之一，所谓“点火”是指容器中氢原子的原子核被迫融合在一起同时产生出巨大能量——最终产出能量远大于起初点火的能量，是一种重要的能量来源。NIF始建于1997年，共耗资35亿美元，是Lawrence Livermore国家试验室的一部分。NIF的科学家希望在2012年形成聚变。
The National Ignition Facility
"Creating a miniature star on Earth" is the goal of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), home to the world's largest and highest-energy laser in Livermore, California. On September 29th, 2010, the NIF completed its first integrated ignition experiment, where it focused its 192 lasers on a small cylinder housing a tiny frozen capsule containing hydrogen fuel, briefly bombarding it with 1 megajoule of laser energy. The experiment was the latest in a series of tests leading to a hoped-for "ignition", where the nuclei of the atoms of the fuel inside the target capsule are made to fuse together releasing tremendous energy - potentially more energy than was put in to start the initial reaction, becoming a valuable power source. The NIF has cost over $3.5 billion since 1997 and is a part of the federally funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Scientists at NIF say they hope to achieve fusion by 2012. (27 photos total)

链接：http://www.boston.com/bigpicture ... ition_facility.html

简单翻译
国家点火装置
“在地球上制造一个小太阳”是位于加利福尼亚Livermore的全球最强激光设备国家点火装置（NIF）的目标。2010年9月29日，NIF完成了它的第一次整体点火实验，该次试验中它将192束激光聚焦在一小块内含氢燃料的容器中，简单来说就是用1兆焦瓦的激光能量轰击它。该实验是一系列意图完成“点火”的项目之一，所谓“点火”是指容器中氢原子的原子核被迫融合在一起同时产生出巨大能量——最终产出能量远大于起初点火的能量，是一种重要的能量来源。NIF始建于1997年，共耗资35亿美元，是Lawrence Livermore国家试验室的一部分。NIF的科学家希望在2012年形成聚变。