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Re:Experts Urge U.S. To Continue Support for Nuclear Fusion ... by chiefalchemist on Friday December 14, 2018 @09:12PM (#18686602)
I'm not a fusion scientist either :) But I was fortunate to sit next to one in a bar in Princeton NJ a couple years ago. The gist of that conversation was in sync with what you said.

Long to short, it's close. Money could help accelerate the research into the necessary details.

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Re:Experts Urge U.S. To Continue Support for Nuclear Fusion ... by pfdietz on Sunday December 16, 2018 @11:00AM (#18693581)
They are close to achieving breakeven, maybe (for certain values of "close"). Congratulations, that puts them where fission was in 1942.

But a workable, practical fusion powerplant? Not close at all.

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