> I’m denying that this means we’ll have a viable fusion reactor in the coming months or likely years.

You don't have to deny because that's assumed. We WONT have fusion energy in the coming months or years

> However, while the fusion reactions may have produced more than 3 megajoules of energy — more than was delivered to the target — NIF’s 192 lasers consumed 322 megajoules of energy in the process. Still, the experiment qualifies as ignition, a benchmark measure for fusion reactions that focuses on how much energy went into the target compared to how much energy was released.