An interview with Stephen O. Dean about fusion in general is available at the links below. Dr. Dean has been in the fusion field for 50 years. He has an advocacy group called Fusion Power Associates.
Dean’s discussion of funding difficulties in the U.S. fusion porgram is particularly illuminating.
The interview is available at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXE-oWugfiA (Part 1)
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6CTWzdU19E (Part 2)