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Is magnetic fusion heading for ignition or meltdown?

Nature volume 388, pages 115–116 (1997)Cite this article

Physicists have long been keen to harness the energy of thermonuclear fusion. The next planned step is a major international project to build an experimental reactor, ITER. But the project has recently been running into a quagmire of technical, economic and political uncertainties that will require all the efforts of its supporters to overcome.

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Macilwain, C. Is magnetic fusion heading for ignition or meltdown?. Nature 388, 115–116 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/40493

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