Commercialization requirements for inertial confinement fusion

Analyzed are the requirements for commercialization of Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) and the nature of the ICF Program. The analysis shows that the requirements are of two kinds: scientific advances and technological developments. Detailed examination of each kind reveals that progress in the ICF Program is currently determined by the advances in basic investigations of not yet sufficiently well understood areas of physics. The technology developments, however, are straightforward although challenging and some require long lead times. For successful commercialization of ICF the long lead time technology developments can, and should, be compatibly integrated into the ICF Program in parallel with the research efforts