Whats new about that concept? - Seems I remember some departments at Bell Labs working on parts of that back in the 70s.
There are HUGE engineering obstacles to overcome.
They can throw 37 trillion at it, for all the good that it will do.
nothing new here...
mankind has still to figure out how to add more fuel to the process once it is started, harvest the energy that is created and keep things from melting down once you keep the fusion fire burning. The guys from iter caim it will take another 60 years of research until the useable process. Maybe the Iran conflict helps them thinking - but I suppose not.