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jamesr
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It’s good that stars burn their fuel so slowly. This comes from the fact that the fusion cross-section for normal proton-proton fusion is around 20 orders of magnitude smaller than for D-T (since it has to rely on the weak nuclear force, rather than the strong force).

Trying to contain D-T fusion is more like trying to contain a Supernova!