 In 1991 the Preliminary Tritium Experiment at the Joint European Torus in England achieved the world's first controlled release of fusion power.In 1992, a major article was published in Physics Today by Robert McCory at the Laboratory for laser energetics outlying the current state of ICF and advocating for a national ignition facility.This was followed up by a major review article, from John Lindl in 1995, advocating for NIF.