GERMANY FUSION REACTOR CONSTRUCTION
February 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMANY'S Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) says it has received the first parts for its planned Wendelstein 7-X plasma chamber fusion reactor. This 35-tonne device is expected to take six years to build. The plant's chamber has an unusual, asymmetrical to maximise the chances of a fusion reaction. This plus "the high precision required to make all this is a feat of construction bordering on the technically feasible," said IPP engineer Bernd Hein, in a European Commission paper on the project. The completed chamber will ...
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