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Nature 424, 995 (28 August 2003) | doi:10.1038/424995a

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Europe's fusion-reactor plans depend on JET

Richard Buttery1

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Closing the Joint European Torus may save some money, but at a great cost to physics.

In your News story "Fusion cash shortfall leaves JET grounded" (Nature 424, 4; 2003), you cite Alexander Bradshaw's view that the "sensible" option for the European Union (EU) fusion programme is to close the Joint European Torus (JET), implying that it is a luxury, low-priority item.This could not be further from the truth.