Panel turns up heat on fusion with flat funding plan

A presidential panel of scientists is urging the US government to scale back its fusion program drastically, hoping that the blueprint will satisfy congressional budget cutters while allowing some progress toward the goal of harnessing the sun's energy source. However even that now seems optimistic. This article describes the scaled back proposal, which involves the Tokamak Physics Experiment and test reactor and the international Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, as well as the political manuvering surrounding fusion funding