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Science 10 March 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5766, p. 1380
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125657
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Policy Forum

ENERGY:
Fusion Power: Will It Ever Come?

William E. Parkins

Prospects for practical applications of fusion power to solve our energy problems appear dubious on engineering grounds.

William E. Parkins worked on uranium separation at the University of California during World War II and later was chief scientist at Rockwell International. This Policy Forum was edited to shorter length by the Editor-in-Chief from a manuscript received just before Parkins's death last October.

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