Power from nuclear fusion is the future. It produces little radioactive
waste and relies upon a fuel—deuterium—that is “virtually infinite”.
Or so T. Kenneth Fowler, who has spent most of his life developing fusion, would
have us believe. Unfortunately, it is also extraordinarily difficult to tap. The
Fusion Quest tries to convince us that we are at last on the threshold of doing
so. Maybe. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press,
£20.50/$20.97, ISBN 0801854563.
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