Germany’s about to switch on a revolutionary nuclear fusion machine
 

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For more than 60 years, scientists have dreamed of a clean, inexhaustible energy source in the form of nuclear fusion. And they’re still dreaming.

But thanks to the efforts of the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, experts hope that might soon change. Last year, after 1.1 million construction hours, the institute completed the world’s largest nuclear fusion machine of its kind, called a stellarator.
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Re: Germany’s about to switch on a revolutionary nuclear fusion machine
 

Quite interesting read. I have to find more details on this.