Nuclear Fusion VI: Pinches, Stellarators, Perhapsatrons

Published: Feb. 22, 2019, 11:50 p.m.

Building a nuclear fusion power plant is no easy feat. Fusion naturally occurs in temperatures comparable to those at the heart of the Sun - temperatures so hot as to instantly vaporise virtually any substance on Earth.


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