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Letter: Fusion power is far from near to being conquered

Published 12 October 2022

From Sam Edge, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK

I agree with Lee Margetts that fusion is an engineering problem, but to claim it is becoming well understood seems like hubris.

Rather than the 30-second reactor run you reported on, the most important recent advances are occurring in applying deep-learning systems to analyse plasmas, as previously covered in your magazine (26 February, p 19).

Issue no. 3408 published 15 October 2022

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