Nuclear (Con)fusion: Why the Gee-Whizz Factor Costs so Much

By Macskelek – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Like all gee-whiz moonbeams-to-cucumbers notions, this granddaddy of them all is irremediably failing, at prodigious cost to us all.

ITER Fusion Energy Project: ‘Record-setting Disaster’

With each passing decade, this record-breaking monument to big international science looks less and less like a cathedral—and more like a mausoleum.

Futile fusion research

Is there hope for commercially viable fusion power? Yes, because other “magnetic bottles” and fusion fuel cycles exist. The related physics is much more difficult, but we won’t know if…

General Atomics to ship world’s most powerful magnet to ITER global fusion energy project

San Diego, June 15 – After a decade of design and fabrication, General Atomics is ready to ship the first module of the Central Solenoid, the world’s most powerful magnet.…

Finally, Fusion Power Is About to Become a Reality

A very optimistic story from Medium. It’s long so I’m posting only a small excerpt.~ctm   Long considered a joke, or a pipe dream, fusion is suddenly making enormous leaps…