[15–17] In 1982, Harms and Rolinger first described the TLIF technique for creating a circumferential fusion via a single posterolateral approach. [18] As reported by Audat et al., in 1998 Harms ...

The Globus-M and now -M2 are primarily for scientific research and technology demonstration. They show the potential for spherical tokamaks to generate hybrid fusion-fission nuclear power.