This story lays some blame on cold fusion for the slow progress of hot fusion. (The link to the story is on the atomic-motor blog mentioned by Jed.)
Harry from the Vancouver Sun It's time for Canada to get back into the fusion power field John Skelton, Special to the Sun Published: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 <<Then the "cold fusion" fiasco of 1989 threw another dose of cold water on the viability of fusion technology. A long period of international bickering over which country should host ITER followed.>>
