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Nature 405, 107 (11 May 2000) | doi:10.1038/35012285

German Greens go cold on nuclear fusion

Quirin Schiermeier

The Green Party, the junior partner in Germany's ruling coalition, is urging the government to slam the brakes on research into nuclear fusion. It wants Germany to cut its commitments to the national fusion research programme, and to withdraw support for the planned International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER).