Fusion Energy Breakthrough

[MineralMan]

12. So far, that has actually been the fatal flaw with fusion research.

People are still working on it, but the energy required to contain a fusion reaction will always be a major stumbling block.

Fusion reactions are so energetic that mechanical containment cannot work. In fission reactors, the energy developed is not so difficult to contain, and the reaction is fairly easily moderated and controlled. Not so with fusion reactions. They must be contained by energy, as in magnetic fields. However, the nature of fusion reactions is that they are so energetic that containment is extremely difficult.

In fact, that is the core problem faced by fusion research. Personally, I do not think it can be solved. So far, decades of research have not resulted in a controllable fission reaction that produces more energy that that required to initiate and control the reaction.