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MIT Students and Researchers Weigh in on Fusion Issues

April 13, 2012

A group of MIT graduate students and fusion researchers have posted a comprehensive and intelligent collection of questions and answers about fusion at:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/04/11/0435231/mit-fusion-researchers-answer-your-questions?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

The questions asked and answered include:
What have we learned over the years?
Why is it taking so long?
What are the remaining technical issues?
How does fusion compare with fission?
What are the career prospects for students in fusion?
What is the role of ITER?
What are the funding needs?
When will we have fusion?

In the responses, the students also note the existence of a relatively new web site they have set up that has much useful information:

http://www.fusionfuture.org