Fourteen years after receiving the official go-ahead, scientists on Tuesday began assembling a giant machine in southern France designed to demonstrate that nuclear fusion, the process which powers the Sun, can be a safe and viable energy source on Earth
Por: Oliver Lucazeau, AFP, Science Alert. Acesse aqui a matéria original.
The groundbreaking multinational experiment, known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), has seen components arrive in the tiny commune of Saint-Paul-les-Durance from production sites worldwide in recent months. They will now be painstakingly put together to complete what is described by ITER as the "world's largest puzzle". Saiba mais...
Imagem: Clement Mahoudeau/ AFP
Imagem: Clement Mahoudeau/ AFP
