Inertial electrostatic confinement
Electric fields rather than magnetic ones confine the ions. Simple to build and well proven as a neutron source; net energy is a different matter.
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Broader: Electrostatic confinement
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Devices 1
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- HORNE HYBRID REACTOR Under construction Horne Technologies · US
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