Having been a plasma physicist in a previous life, and having debunked an 'expert' proposal for compact, q>1, self-sustaining fusion, I have generally agreed with a prominent plasma physicist who quietly admitted to me : 'We have always underestimated the loss mechanisms in any and every new proposal for controlled nuclear fusion - magnetic, inertial, you name it..'
But let me point out here what is known and intractable challenge to extract useful net energy from the most promising fusion reaction , for all of 70 years, of fusion R&D : Deuterium-Tritium D-T fusion reaction.
80% of the E=mc2 energy is released in very fast neutrons, only 20% in Helium nuclei - only the latter can be used to heat water etc to produce power, the former only results in highly radioactive reactor containments and other components - which leaves you with an even bigger still unsolved problem of nuclear waste already familiar from long proven, long standing nuclear fission - nuclear power as we have always known it.
Having been a plasma physicist in a previous life, and having debunked an 'expert' proposal for compact, q>1, self-sustaining fusion, I have generally agreed with a prominent plasma physicist who quietly admitted to me : 'We have always underestimated the loss mechanisms in any and every new proposal for controlled nuclear fusion - magnetic, inertial, you name it..'
But let me point out here what is known and intractable challenge to extract useful net energy from the most promising fusion reaction , for all of 70 years, of fusion R&D : Deuterium-Tritium D-T fusion reaction.
80% of the E=mc2 energy is released in very fast neutrons, only 20% in Helium nuclei - only the latter can be used to heat water etc to produce power, the former only results in highly radioactive reactor containments and other components - which leaves you with an even bigger still unsolved problem of nuclear waste already familiar from long proven, long standing nuclear fission - nuclear power as we have always known it.
In any case, Good luck!