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Strauss gave no public hint at the time that he was referring to fusion reactors, because of the classified nature of Project Sherwood, and the press naturally took his prediction regarding cheap electricity to apply to conventional [[fission reactor]]s. However, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission itself, in testimony to the U.S. Congress only months before, lowered the expectations for fission power, projecting only that the costs of reactors could be brought down to about the same as fromthose for conventional sources.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,893336,00.html ATOMIC ENERGY: The Nuclear Revolution] Time Magazine, February 6, 1956</ref> Conversely, Strauss viewed hydrogen fusion as the ultimate power source. andHe was eager to develop the technology as quickly as possible and urged the Project Sherwood researchers to make rapid progress, even suggesting a million-dollar prize to the individual or team that succeeded first.<ref>Bromberg, Joan Lisa (1982) ''Fusion: Science, Politics, and the Invention of a New Energy Source'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ECOvgg7b3MQC&pg=PA97 p. 44], ISBN 0-262-02180-3</ref>

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