{
  "id": 3135070,
  "title": "How fusion reactions can survive flaws—up to a point",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/how-fusion-reactions-can-survive-flaws-up-to-a-point",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-24T23:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fusion-reactions-survive-flaws.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have found that implosions designed for inertial fusion energy (IFE) can tolerate significant imperfections before performance abruptly declines, a finding that could inform the design of fuel targets for future fusion power plants.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}