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Letter: Give up the eternal chase for a fusion power plant (2)

Published 14 September 2022

From Alec Mitchell, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Can a nuclear physicist please explain why we are spending so much on the seemingly hopeless quest for a fusion reactor when there is a highly reliable, cost-free one in the sky delivering more than enough fusion power for the entire planet?

Issue no. 3404 published 17 September 2022

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