[UltraSane]

It was never intended to be a power plant but it was hoped that it would achieve a net gain fusion reaction for the first time. This turned out to be a lot harder than expected.

[hinkley]

NIF has achieved net power, right? But only if you ignore the massive, massive power losses in converting electricity to feed energy into the system.

[itishappy]

Correct. They got more bang out than they put in. The electrical-to-bang and bang-to-electrical conversions are not included.