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UK spurns European invitation to join ITER nuclear fusion project

Since Brexit, the UK no longer has access to ITER, the world's largest nuclear fusion experiment, through the European Union. After an invitation to rejoin this week, the UK government has confirmed it prefers to go it alone

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How do you recycle a nuclear fusion reactor? We're about to find out

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Achieving nuclear fusion would be building on the shoulders of giants

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Nuclear fusion reactions create unexpectedly high-energy particles

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Artists concept view of the interior of the ITER reaction vessel. Nuclear fusion involves creating a plasma of superheated gas to temperatures of more than 200 million degrees C, conditions hot enough to force deuterium and tritium atoms to fuse together and release energy. Fusion takes place inside a 'Tokamak' torus within a giant magnetic field, the only way to contain the heat generated. The ITER reactor is designed to produce 500 MW, 10 times more energy than it consumes. Nuclear fusion is the joining (fusing) of light elements to form heavier elements, which releases large amounts of energy. It is hoped that fusion will be a clean, renewable energy source for the future. Nuclear fusion is the joining (fusing) of light elements to form heavier elements, which releases large amounts of energy. It is hoped that fusion will be a clean, renewable energy source for the future.

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Can a slew of nuclear fusion start-ups deliver unlimited clean energy?

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Ignition confirmed in a nuclear fusion experiment for the first time

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Design work starts on European commercial fusion power station

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Nuclear fusion breakthrough achieved with new projectile technique

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Description: Camera image of a plasma inside the TCV tokamak, regions of different colors correspond to different temperatures of the hot plasma. The center of the plasma is so hot that it does not emit visible light. Credit: Curdin W?thrich / SPC/EPFL

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DeepMind uses AI to control plasma inside tokamak fusion reactor

For the first time, artificial intelligence has been used to control the super-hot plasma inside a fusion reactor, offering a new way to increase stability and efficiency

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Nuclear fusion energy record points way to harnessing power of the sun

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Fusion energy record suggests we really could build artificial suns

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This artist?s rendering shows a NIF target pellet inside a hohlraum capsule with laser beams entering through openings on either end. The beams compress and heat the target to the necessary conditions for nuclear fusion to occur. Ignition experiments on NIF are the result of more than 50 years of inertial confinement fusion research and development, opening the door to exploration of previously inaccessible physical regimes

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Huge lasers make conditions at the cusp of ignition for nuclear fusion

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World's most powerful magnet being shipped to ITER fusion reactor

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