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Nature 419, 545 (10 October 2002) | doi:10.1038/419545b
China ponders joining fusion project
Geoff Brumfiel
Chinese officials are set to meet with negotiators from the European Union, Japan, Russia and Canada in Tokyo to discuss possible involvement in ITER — formerly the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor — which many believe is the next step in developing fusion power.Officials at the Chinese ministry for science and technology have written to senior negotiators in each of the four ITER member states to express a "strong interest" in Chinese participation, says Paul Vandenplas, emeritus professor of the Royal Military Academy in Brussels, Belgium, and part of the European Union's negotiating team.
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