§ 50. Mr. Brooksasked the Minister of Technology what research he is sponsoring into the possibility of laser beams being used to precipitate thermo-nuclear reactions.
§ Dr. Ernest A. DaviesTheoretical and experimental studies have been carried out at Culham Laboratory as part of the fusion research programme of the Atomic Energy Authority.
The results indicate that the power and energy of existing lasers are far too small to trigger a self-sustaining thermonuclear reaction process.