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Fusion energy

Also called nuclear fusion, fusion power, deuterium-tritium fusion, D-T fusion

Energy released when light nuclei, such as deuterium and tritium, combine at temperatures of over 100 million °C. It would produce little long-lived waste; commercial fusion power plants are still under development.

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