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Nuclear Fusion / Japan And Europe Announce Operation Of JT-60SA Reactor

By David Dalton
1 December 2023

Plant north of Tokyo aims to mimic the process that powers the Sun

Japan And Europe Announce Operation Of JT-60SA Reactor
The six-story-high machine has been built in a hangar in Naka north of Tokyo. Courtesy F4E/QST.
The world’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor in operation began operation in Japan on Friday, bringing the prospect of harnessing “the power of the Sun” closer.

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