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nuclear fusion

An appreciation: How physicist Evgeny Velikhov helped end the US-Soviet nuclear arms race

By Frank von Hippel, Thomas B. Cochran, Richard L. Garwin, Roald Sagdeev | Nuclear Weapons

What’s fueling the commercial fusion hype?

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy

National Ignition Facility operators inspect a final optics assembly during a routine maintenance period in August.

The Energy Department’s fusion breakthrough: It’s not really about generating electricity

By John Mecklin | Fusion Energy, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons