Yes, and we don't even need to use uranium, and it doesn't need to be as dangerous. Fusion is mainly a problem of scaling the system up now I believe, there are a few possible fuels depending on the method if I recall correctly.
We can achieve fusion already, so presumably we already have control of it? Check out lppfusion. https://lppfusion.com/technology/focus-fusion/
I think if we discarded the failed attempts we could consolidate something here.
Seems to be happening https://lppfusion.com/international-focus-fusion-research/