The world’s most ambitious attempt to harness fusion as a source of nuclear power is taking shape in the south of France.
Fusion is the process that drives the sun — atoms are forced together to release energy. Repeating it here on Earth could, in theory, offer an almost endless supply of electricity.
The BBC’s David Shukman reports.
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