Timeline of nuclear fusion

This timeline of nuclear fusion is an incomplete chronological summary of significant events in the study and use of nuclear fusion.

The United States test Greenhouse George , the first use of artificial thermonuclear fusion, in 1951
The United States test Ivy Mike , the first full thermonuclear weapon , in 1952.
Scylla I, the first device to achieve controlled thermonuclear fusion, in 1958. It was a theta pinch design built by Los Alamos National Laboratory .
T-1, the first operational tokamak , built by the Kurchatov Institute in 1958.
Progress in power and energy levels attainable by inertial confinement lasers has increased dramatically since the early 1970s.