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The Wikipedia article 'Nuclear Fusion' discusses various possible fusion reactions, the favorite is D + T, but D + 3He is also discussed, it does not compare well. I tried to reproduce the table but it does not come up well on this WA format, so you will have to refer to the article.

It seems Deuterium + Tritium is the only real candidate for serious experiment, and in view of the difficulty in getting even that established I should think any of the other possible reactions are out of the question, at least for now.

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