What if scientists could harness the extraordinarily powerful process that fuels the sun to generate clean energy here on Earth? In a potentially historic milestone, they are taking a step towards ...

A new star will soon be born, a star unlike any other: a man-made star. The ITER project, in construction in France, should light up in fifteen years and generate energy from the nuclear fusion ...

Officials with the ITER project in France said work has started on the assembly of giant components needed for construction of an experimental nuclear fusion reactor, a project designed to demonstrate ...

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Lured by the prospect of nearly inexhaustible source of clean energy, scientists have been investigating nuclear fusion reactors for decades, but a new facility taking shape in southern France will ...

Editor’s note: This book review was originally published by the CERN Courier. It appears here with the permission of the Courier and the author. The International Thermonuclear Experimental ...

Westinghouse Electric Co. and officials with the ITER project in France signed a contract for $180 million for the assembly of the vacuum vessel for the fusion reactor. This is a key milestone in the ...

To control a plasma at a temperature of 150 million Kelvin, the ITER fusion reactor will need a magnet system like no other, as Daniel Clery explains The ITER construction site Generating power with ...

ITER, set to be the world’s largest experimental fusion reactor, has been delayed yet again. The €25bn megaproject will only switch on in 2034, and start producing energy in 2039. That’s almost a ...

French officials with the nation’s nuclear regulatory body have ordered the ITER organization to stop construction of its humongous tokamak reactor while it addresses safety concerns over its assembly ...