Despite the great progress made in fusion energy research over the past fifty years, there is still no commercial fusion power plant in existence. (sciencedaily.com)
NSTX - U draws on a 65 - year - old legacy of fusion energy research at Princeton University's Plasma Physics Laboratory, where in the 1950s physicist Lyman Spitzer created a machine he called a stellarator to produce energy the same way as the sun — through fusion reactions where light elements collide and fuse together, releasing enormous amounts of energy. (pppl.gov)
ITER, which means «the way» in Latin, is an international fusion energy research and development project with the goal of taking the next major step in the development of fusion as a safe, clean, and sustainable energy source. (sciencemag.org)