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Laser-induced fusion has recently joined magnetic-confinement fusion as a prime prospect for generating controlled thermonuclear power. During the past three years, the Atomic Energy Commission has accelerated the national laser-fusion program more than tenfold, to about 30 million annually, and the Soviet Union has a program of comparable size.
Nuckolls et al. (1973) studied this question.