In the south of France, researchers want to make mankind’s dream come true and unlock the fusion of atomic nuclei as an inexhaustible source of energy: the dream of a sun on earth, which now seems to be closer with new research results in the USA.
By Bostjan Videmsek
Two suns have been visible from a hill above the southern French town of Vinon-sur-Verdon for some time. One of the two has been burning for four and a half billion years. Without them, life on this planet would not be possible. The other is being built by thousands of human minds and hands and – very slowly – rising. This second sun is still a huge construction site. But within the next three years, the construction site is to become the largest nuclear fusion reactor in the world.