This breakthrough will have little to no effect on the energy sector for the foreseeable future. While a significant obstacle has been overcome, they are still decades away from actually implementing nuclear fusion as a reliable energy production method. Fission will continue to dominate nuclear power and will likely advance significantly as well by the time fusion become useable.
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Reply to Will Nuclear Fusion Dump Clean Energy? by Rough-Lavishness-401
This breakthrough will have little to no effect on the energy sector for the foreseeable future. While a significant obstacle has been overcome, they are still decades away from actually implementing nuclear fusion as a reliable energy production method. Fission will continue to dominate nuclear power and will likely advance significantly as well by the time fusion become useable.