The Department of Energy sponsors a laboratory that is currently working on magnetic fusion devices based on what principle?
National Spherical Torus Experiment The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) is an innovative magnetic fusion device based on the "spherical tokamak" concept. It was constructed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Columbia University, and the University of Washington at Seattle.
Cold fusion Cold fusion is a hypothesized type of nuclear reaction that would occur at, or near, room temperature. This is compared with the "hot" fusion which takes place naturally within stars, under immense pressure and at temperatures of millions of degrees, and distinguished from muon-catalyzed fusion. There is currently no accepted theoretical model that would allow cold fusion to occur.