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ITER

Date: 10/10/2005

Steve Cowley
UCLA

This year six international partners have signed up to construct the first burning plasma experiment -- ITER -- in the South of France.It is over 50 years since the beginning of national programs to produce controlled fusion energy. The challenge of fusion energy has proven harder than was first anticipated. In this Colloquium Steve Cowley from UCLA will explain the scientific issues and how the difficulties have been overcome.