I honestly don't understand why there's so much focus on fusion. It's an inferior method of producing energy - extremely fussy, still produces nuclear waste, still capable of producing nuclear weapons material, and has yet to deliver a net surplus of energy[1]. When I was younger I never saw a peep about the nuclear waste and nuclear proliferation problems with fusion - it was just pitched as this miracle technology that was ten years away. I was really excited about it, but the more I learn about fusion the more it appears to be a giant money bonfire.
We'd be better off just coming up with good fast breeder reactor designs that have good safety measures. A breeder reactor can burn its fuel completely, it's a tried and true technology and it's our best shot at eliminating fossil fuels.
The fusion research is important science, and I completely support researching it, but it's not a technology that's going to be commercially useful in our lifetimes and it's not better or cleaner technology than modern fission reactor designs.
We'd be better off just coming up with good fast breeder reactor designs that have good safety measures. A breeder reactor can burn its fuel completely, it's a tried and true technology and it's our best shot at eliminating fossil fuels.
The fusion research is important science, and I completely support researching it, but it's not a technology that's going to be commercially useful in our lifetimes and it's not better or cleaner technology than modern fission reactor designs.
[1] https://thebulletin.org/2017/04/fusion-reactors-not-what-the...