>And the existing research projects like ITER have not even started to address these issues - they are purely plasma physics experiments. Section 3.2 Test Blan

>And the existing research projects like ITER have not even started to address these issues - they are purely plasma physics experiments. Section 3.2 Test Blanket Module (TBM) Testing Program in ITER https://www.iter.org/doc/www/content/com/Lists/ITER%20Technical%20Reports/Attachments/9/ITER_Research_Plan_within_the_Staged_Approach_levIII_provversion.pdf https://www.iter.org/doc/www/content/com/Lists/ITER%20Techni... Look even closer at the fusion energy research community and you will find a lot of work has already gone into this problem. Assuming physicists sit on their thumbs is a bad bet.