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Safety and Environmental problems.<\/p>\n<p>NUCLEAR FUSION: Isotopes involved in fusion reactions and reserves. Requirements for a thermonuclear fusion reaction. Elements of plasma physics. Magnetically confined plasma fusion devices. Laser induced fusion. 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