thermonuclear power
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In 1968, France became the world’s fifth thermonuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.
From Washington Times • Aug. 24, 2018
While basking in the warmth of the summer sun, a student reads of the latest breakthrough in achieving sustained thermonuclear power and vaguely recalls hearing about the cold fusion controversy.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Moreover, high temperature is needed for thermonuclear power to be a practical source of energy.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
This "pinch effect" is the most promising approach to thermonuclear power, but unfortunately the pinched current wriggles so violently that it tends to slam in millionths of a second against the walls of its container.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In other words, we give them the fuel test; we supply a sample quantity of Z-67As—our standard thermonuclear power source.
From Membership Drive by Yaco, Murray F.