Science Ain't So Bad

A FUSION/ FISSION COMBINATION
could mean power with no nuclear waste to dispose of and no greenhouse gases.

This work is done at the University of Texas. It isn’t exactly something out of the blue. The idea’s been around. If it turns out to be practical, economical, and acceptable, it’s still only a partial answer. There’s only so much uranium after all. But there’re aspects of this thing that are technologically very neat indeed. Uranium in, energy out, and, far as we can tell, very easy on the environment.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127131654.htm