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ITER: A brief history of fusion

ITER: A brief history of fusion

Physicists have been pursuing the dream of fusion power for over half a century

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Building a second sun: Take $10 billion, add coconuts

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Building a second sun: Take $10 billion, add coconuts

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Fusion is a gamble worth taking

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Medical scans can give nuclear-plant radiation doses

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Medical scans can give nuclear-plant radiation doses

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Interview: Fusion in a cold climate

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Interview: Fusion in a cold climate

Opinion

Is your city prepared for a home-made nuke?

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Is your city prepared for a home-made nuke?

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Bombers vs verifiers: A nuclear race worth winning

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Bombers vs verifiers: A nuclear race worth winning

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Biofuels could clean up Chernobyl 'badlands'

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Biofuels could clean up Chernobyl 'badlands'

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Iran's nuclear plans in the balance

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Iran's nuclear plans in the balance

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Poor countries could be paid to go nuclear

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Poor countries could be paid to go nuclear

Nuclear power programmes in developing countries could get huge subsidies if a carbon-credit scheme is approved ahead of crucial climate change talks

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North Korea's nuke test could have positive outcome

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Chernobyl fallout could drive evolution of 'space plants'

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Historic US-Russian agreement on nuclear weapons

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Neutron tracks revive hopes for cold fusion

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