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Making the heart of a star to power the world Rethink

FT, 27 Apr 2022
Nuclear fusion has enormous potential as an energy source. It doesn't produce carbon and creates a lot less radioactive waste than current fission nuclear reactors. Until now, generating a nuclear fusion reaction efficiently has proved impossible, but as Anjana Ahuja explains, we’ve recently seen some impressive breakthroughs, and there’s also a lot more private money sloshing around.

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