One fusion reactor is predicted to produce 7 billion kilowatt-hours of energy a year ... ITER will sit around the corner from one of France’s active nuclear reactors.

A super-wide-angle view shows the fusion reactor under construction in France. (ITER Photo) The world’s biggest and most expensive nuclear fusion research project, known as ITER, says it’s ...

Breakthroughs from two rival experiments, Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X and the Joint European Torus, suggest the elusive dream ...

France’s WEST tokamak reactor just held fusion plasma steady for 22 minutes and 17 seconds at temperatures three times hotter than the sun’s core. Your smartphone battery worries might finally ...

Iter, a reactor in France, may deliver fusion power as early as 2045 Whether commercial start-ups will beat it remains to be seen. May 2nd 2019. Share. Listen to this story.

Most countries will benefit from the project, France in particular: with over half of the contracts awarded in Europe―currently €3.7bn ($4.1bn)out of a total of €6.4bn(7.2)―the French ...

In the south of France, scientists from all over the world are working to create energy through a fusion process similar to that of the sun. It is there, at the International Thermonuclear ...

Construction of an experimental nuclear fusion reactor in southern France is in full swing as the cost estimate has ballooned to nearly four times the original estimate, but the ITER project's new ...

A multinational group signed an agreement in Paris on Tuesday to proceed with construction of a $12.8-billion experimental nuclear-fusion reactor in France that its proponents say could bring the ...

Fusion energy wasn't new back in 1972, ... ENERGY: FINALLY ON THE WAY IN FRANCE? IT'S FUSION. Published Jul 10, 2005 at 8:00 PM EDT Updated Mar 13, 2010 at 4:59 PM EST. By Fred Guterl .

The fusion experiments that take place in JT-60SA will inform the science that will eventually happen in ITER, a reactor that can hold six times the volume of its Japanese partner.