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Nature 394, 511-512 (6 August 1998) | doi:10.1038/28908

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US Congress looks set to scuttle international fusion project

Colin Macilwain

The US Congress is poised to pass legislation seeking an end to US participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). The move is likely to lead to the collapse of a 13-year global effort to design and build a prototype fusion reactor.