Nuclear proliferation

FOR six decades, research into fusion power has been ruled by giant national and international projects that have failed to turn a penny of revenue, let alone profit (see article). Not, you might think, promising territory for entrepreneurs. But if you did think that, you would be wrong. The past few years have seen the appearance of a sprinkling of firms that claim to know how, given an appropriately open cheque book, to overcome the problems that the bureaucracy and group-think of the establis...