China claims progress in fusion, says experimental reactor this year
June 2, 2006
(AP) -- Chinese scientists have completed construction of an experimental superconducting fusion reactor that will replicate the same energy generation process that fuels the sun, with tests to begin as early as July, state media reported Friday.
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