Is Fusion the Best Way Forward?

The choice of France as the site for an international nuclear fusion reactor is a victory for strong-arm European diplomacy, but the EU has had to pay a high price for scientific prestige with uncertain energy benefits.

Winning the right to host the experimental reactor, which offers the prospect of almost unlimited, clean, cheap energy in a very distant future, was a fillip for European science at a time of alarm about the “brain drain” to the United States and the rising technological challenge from Asian economies.

“By hosting ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), the EU will maintain its position at the forefront of fusion research,” the European Commission said in a statement.
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