Fusion Reactor Still in Works
<p><span word="All">All</span> <span word="today">today</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="thge">thge</span> <span word="splitting">splitting</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="uranium">uranium</span> <span word="atoms">atoms</span> -- <span word="which">which</span> <span word="creates">creates</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="useful">useful</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="dangerous">dangerous</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="deadly">deadly</span> <span word="nuclear">nuclear</span> <span word="waste">waste</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="opposite">opposite</span> <span word="process">process</span> -- <span word="fusion">fusion</span> -- <span word="also">also</span> <span word="creates">creates</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="pesky">pesky</span> <span word="radiation">radiation</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="fusion">fusion</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="achieve">achieve</span>. <span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="from">from</span> 35 <span word="nations">nations</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="Russia">Russia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="China">China</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="painstakingly">painstakingly</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="solve">solve</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> -- <span word="to">to</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p><span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="fusing">fusing</span> <span word="atoms">atoms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="isotopes">isotopes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hydrogen">hydrogen</span>, <span word="deuterium">deuterium</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="tritium">tritium</span>, <span word="releases">releases</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="amounts">amounts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="radiation">radiation</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="requires">requires</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="kind">kind</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="sun">sun</span>, <span word="though">though</span> <span word="focused">focused</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="much">much</span>, <span word="much">much</span> <span word="smaller">smaller</span> <span word="point">point</span>, -- <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="person">person</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="smaller">smaller</span> <span word="pocket">pocket</span> <span word="change">change</span>.</p><p><span word="Modern">Modern</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="difficult">difficult</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="impossible">impossible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="achieve">achieve</span>. <span word="Powerful">Powerful</span> <span word="lasers">lasers</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="magnets">magnets</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="sun">sun</span> <span word="levitating">levitating</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="middle">middle</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="special">special</span> <span word="chamber">chamber</span>.</p><p><span word="Fusion">Fusion</span>, <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="projected">projected</span>, <span word="will">will</span> <span word="yield">yield</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="to">to</span> 10 <span word="times">times</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="uses">uses</span>.</p><p><span word="Started">Started</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1985, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="project">project</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Southern">Southern</span> <span word="France">France</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="ITER">ITER</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="slowly">slowly</span> <span word="plodding">plodding</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="plans">plans</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="fusion">fusion</span> <span word="reactor">reactor</span>. <span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="plagued">plagued</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="politics">politics</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="organizational">organizational</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="difficulties">difficulties</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="general">general</span>, <span word="French">French</span> <span word="physicist">physicist</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="chemist">chemist</span> <span word="Dr">Dr</span>. <span word="Bernard">Bernard</span> <span word="Bigot">Bigot</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="reactor">reactor</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="finally">finally</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="built">built</span>.</p>
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