Laser‐driven fusion is one approach to a long‐term solution to the world's energy supply problems, based on a virtually inexhaustible fuel source, deuterium from water. It is also, along with magnetically confined fusion, one of the most difficult scientific tasks ever undertaken.

Topics
Energy production, transmission and distribution, Laser fusion, Deuterium
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