They've tried to use it to induce nuclear fusion.

NIF are expected to demonstrate laser induced fusion this year or early next.

In studies of molecular and cellular biology it is often desirable to artificially induce fusion.

The low-yield trigger is used to create the temperature and pressure necessary to induce nuclear fusion.

But that was far short of what is needed to induce fusion, and Sandia officials considered turning it off.

The acceleration is sufficient to induce fusion within the cryo-H, and the kinetic energy released is in the 2-megaton-per-second range.

This is clearly not the only role, however, since there is an extensively documented difference in the ability of Mg versus Ca to induce fusion.

An alternate explanation is that the physical rather than chemical nature of PE may help induce fusion.

Also, as mentioned, calcium induces massive aggregation as well as fusion.

So they would have to be produced in large quantities then efficiently directed into the fuel to induce fusion before they decayed.