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To the best of my knowledge, there is no design for a laser induced fusion power plant. However, at the current stage all fusion experiments are precisely that,
by yk 5y ago
To the best of my knowledge, there is no design for a laser induced fusion power plant. However, at the current stage all fusion experiments are precisely that, experiments and laser induced fusion is currently the only way to generate a plasma similar to the ones that would exist in a future fusion plant, so this is to study plasma properties, not a prototype for a power plant.
(And of course, that is also similar to the plasmas in a H-bomb, so there is a weapons aspect, but it's not like that we don't already know that H-bombs work.)