Nope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU_reactor The CANDU is a successful attempt, the energy amplifier was neve

Nope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANDU_reactor The CANDU is a successful attempt, the energy amplifier was never attempted, and self breeding reactors are a material engineering problem (alas not yet completely solved), not a physics problem. Throwing a fraction of what we are spending to chase the "fusion dream" we could have achieved a great deal more for present reality. Again that's all IMO. edited: clarification