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The Leakage Problem in Fusion Reactors

To obtain useful power from thermonuclear reactions it is necessary to contain a plasma of ions and electrons in a magnetic bottle. The bottles leak, which presents the theoretician with a difficult task

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 217 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “The Leakage Problem in Fusion Reactors” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 217 No. 1 (), p. 76
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0767-76