General Fusion targeting commercializing nuclear fusion in about 2020

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General Fusion targeting commercializing nuclear fusion in about 2020. General Fusion's system uses a sphere, filled with molten lead-lithium that is pumped to form a vortex. Plasma is injected into the vortex, and an array of pistons drives a pressure wave into the centre of the sphere to compress the plasma into fusion conditions. It would use abundant raw materials and produce no emissions or radioactive waste.

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