Fusion Reactor

fusion reactor, also called fusion power plant or thermonuclear reactor, a device to produce electrical power from the energy released in a nuclear fusion reaction. The use of nuclear fusion reactions for electricity generation remains theoretical.

Since the 1930s, scientists have known that the Sun and other stars generate their energy by nuclear fusion. They realized that if fusion energy generation could be replicated in a controlled manner on Earth, it might very well provide a safe, clean, and inexhaustible source of energy. The 1950s saw the beginning of a worldwide research effort to develop a fusion reactor. The substantial accomplishments and prospects of this continuing endeavour are described in this article.