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Nuclear fusion

Nuclear fusion

Fusion’s public-relations drive is obscuring the challenges that lie ahead

09 Sep 2024

Guy Matthews says that the focus on public relations is masking the challenges of commercializing nuclear fusion

Extremely large facility under construction
The long road ahead ITER, which is currently being built in Cadarache, France, illustrates the inherent complexity of fusion and the difficulty in delivering large nuclear projects. (Courtesy: ITER Organization)
“For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature c

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Guy Matthews is a physicist who retired in 2022 after 40 years at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, including 30 years on the Joint European Torus, e-mail gfm.fusion@gmail.com
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