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=====World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly in France===== | |||
<embed> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/28/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-project-under-assembly-in-france </embed>Tue 28 Jul 2020 05.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 28 Jul 2020 05.46 EDT Damian Carrington Environment editor | |||
The world’s largest nuclear fusion project began its five-year assembly phase on Tuesday in southern France, with the first ultra-hot plasma expected to be generated in late 2025. | |||
The €20bn (£18.2bn) Iter project will replicate the reactions that power the sun and is intended to demonstrate fusion power can be generated on a commercial scale. Nuclear fusion promises clean, unlimited power but, despite 60 years of research, it has yet to overcome the technical challenges of harnessing such extreme amounts of energy. | |||
=====What the heroin industry can teach us about solar power===== | =====What the heroin industry can teach us about solar power===== | ||
