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Nuclear fusion, the energy process operating in the sun, offers promise of production of almost unlimited energy without the toxic and radioactive wastes associated with nuclear fission. Harnessing nuclear fusion, however, has proven to be a challenging task that may not be completed for another thirty years. Because of the strong repulsive forces to be overcome in order for nuclei to fuse, the process will take place only at temperatures above 50,000,000 degrees. No known materials can contain matter at this temperature. Thus the fusion reaction must be confined without its touching the walls of its container. Two methods of confining this super-heated material are being studied, Magnetic Confinement and Inertial Confinement. |
