Committe Reviews DOE Inertial‐Confinement Fusion Program
AUG 01, 1986
DOI: 10.1063/1.2815118
Inertial‐confinement fusion clearly works. It’s demonstrated every time a hydrogen bomb is detonated. But is it possible to ignite a small deuteriumtritium pellet under controlled conditions in the laboratory—driving the requisite implosion with anything less drastic than a fission bomb?
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