Sad to say it took me this long to find out that the National Ignition Facility came online in march this year!!!
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2009/05/gallery_nif?currentPage=1
the pictures are amazingly cool looking and they are expected to finally be able to get more energy out than they put in with this one!!! In case you are wondering I checked on ITER too and they are not expecting to switch on until 2018. Makes you wonder if icf isn't the future of fusion after all.
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