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Originally Posted by Renato1
The biggest implication from such an engineering or scientific break through. is that nuclear fusion reactors should then be a cinch. But they still aren't, hence, I'm skeptical about the notion.
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I don't think you can draw a valid conclusion by conflating the engineering challenges inherent in a warhead versus a power station. They are very different beasts. The issue with a reactor is not initiating fusion, it is sustaining it in a stable manner that lasts indefinitely, ie) you need a controlled burn while you are adding fuel and removing the products of fusion. For it to be viable it also needs to be done without the use of tritium. Just because you can't run a commercially viable power station off TNT doesn't mean you can't make a bomb out of it.