Other designs are emerging to join the race for fusion power. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility in California is getting impressive results by firing high-powered lasers at capsules of fuel, crushing the particles together to trigger fusion reactions.
但托卡马克并不是唯一的聚变项目。其他设计正源源不断加入到聚变能的竞争队伍之中。位于加利福尼亚州的劳伦斯·利弗莫尔国家实验室的国家点火装置向燃料舱发射高能激光粒子、通过粒子挤压诱发聚变反应也取得了不俗的成果。