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===1980s=== In 1980 [[Robert W. Bussard]] developed a cross between a fusor and [[magnetic mirror]], the [[polywell]]. The idea was to confine a non-neutral plasma using magnetic fields. This would, in turn, attract ions. This idea had been published previously, notably by [[Oleg Lavrentiev]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sadowsky |first1=M |year=1969 |title=Spherical Multipole Magnets for Plasma Research |journal=Rev. Sci. Instrum. |volume=40 |issue=12 |page=1545 |bibcode=1969RScI...40.1545S |doi=10.1063/1.1683858}}</ref><ref>"Confinement d'un Plasma par un Systemem Polyedrique a' Courant Alternatif", ''Z. Naturforschung'' Vol. 21 n, pp. 1085β1089 (1966)</ref><ref>{{cite journal |year=1975 |last1=Lavrent'ev |first1=O.A. |title=Electrostatic and Electromagnetic High-Temperature Plasma Traps |journal=Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. |volume=251 |pages=152β178 |bibcode=1975NYASA.251..152L |s2cid=117830218 |doi=10.1111/j.1749-6632.1975.tb00089.x}}</ref> Bussard patented<ref name="ReferenceA">R.W.Bussard in U.S.Patent 4,826,646, "Method and apparatus for controlling charged particles", issued May 2, 1989</ref> the design and received funding from [[Defense Threat Reduction Agency]], [[DARPA]] and the US [[United States Navy|Navy]] to develop the idea.<ref>Dr. Robert Bussard (lecturer) (2006-11-09). "Should Google Go Nuclear? Clean, cheap, nuclear power (no, really)" (Flash video). Google Tech Talks. Google. Retrieved 2006-12-03.</ref>
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