Nuclear fusion-why it is not used to generate electricity?
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Nuclear fusion requires extreme conditions to start: a combination of a very high temperature of around 10-100 million degrees Celsius, and an enormous amount of pressure.
These conditions are just for fusing hydrogen atoms
Though the energy output is large, but the energy it requires to start the fusing process is most of times more than the output. The reason is, we can currently fuse only a few atoms, not many atoms to start a chain reaction.
There's the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) working to harness fusion energy
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The generation of energy in nuclear fusion is much higher and are not controllable so they are not used in electricity generation
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