"On appraising the various approaches to the problem of obtaining Intense thermonuclear reactions, we do not deem it possible to completely exclude further attempts to attain this goal by using pulse discharges. However, other possibilities must also be carefully considered."
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"The Possibility Of Producing Thermonuclear Reactions In A Gaseous Discharge" by I.V Kurchatov (18 April 1956)
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Igor Kurchatov
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (Russian: Игорь Васильевич Курчатов); (12 January 1903 – 7 February 1960), was a Soviet physicist who played a central role in organizing and directing the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.
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