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Published online 19 September 2007 | Nature 449, 264-265 (2007) | doi:10.1038/449264a
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Fusion project faces axe
Princeton stellarator threatened with closure.
A major US experiment that might open a more commercially attractive route to fusion is facing the prospect of closure after running into heavy cost overruns and scheduling delays.
On 15 September, a panel of independent scientists travelled to Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in New Jersey to determine whether to shut down the National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX).
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