Lawrence Lidsky

Lawrence Mark Lidsky (1935–2002) was a professor of nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The ensuing reduction in federal funding for fusion research led him to resign from the center,

Because of his concerns with the viability of fusion power, he instead became by 1989 an advocate for safer nuclear fission reactor designs. In 1999 he was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science "for outstanding contributions to both nuclear fission and fusion in education, research, system design and analysis, technical publications and federal policy".

He died March 1, 2002, in Newton, Massachusetts, after struggling with cancer for many years.

Selected publications Lidsky, L. M. (1983). The Trouble With Fusion. Technology Review, 86(7), 32–44.