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		readthenotes1 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for pl... A relative of mine told me that in 1960s they were saying fusion was only 10 years away

zamadatix 11 months ago | [–]

From people hearing about fission bombs (1945) to full scale commercial fission power plant (1957) was barely more than 10 years so fusion power plants must have already felt late in the mid 60s!

Cthulhu_ 11 months ago | [–]

It was an era of optimism, I see.

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