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German Startup Publishes Open-Source Plans for Nuclear-Fusion Power Plant • Feb. 26, 2025, 12:41 AM ET (Wall Street Journal)
New Record: Reactor Crosses 'Crucial Milestone' in Achieving Nuclear Fusion • Feb. 21, 2025, 12:37 PM ET (ScienceAlert)

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Also Known As thermonuclear fusion • fusion • atomic fusion

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laser-activated fusion
Fission
reaction rate as a function of plasma temperature
Tokamak magnetic confinement
Nuclear fission and fusion
What is the difference between nuclear fission and fusion?
Fission of a uranium nucleus by a neutron
helium
Explore the physics behind nuclear fusion and the Sun
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Yevgeny Konstantinovich Zavoysky
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