Inertial fusion power plant

An inertial fusion power plant is intended to produce electric power by use of inertial confinement fusion techniques on an industrial scale. This type of power plant is still in a research phase.

Two established options for possible medium-term implementation of fusion energy production are magnetic confinement - being used in the ITER international project - and laser-based inertial confinement, as used in the French Laser Mégajoule and in the United States NIF. Inertial confinement fusion (ICF), including heavy-ion inertial fusion (HIF) has been proposed as a possible additional means of implementing a fusion power plant.