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Published online 1 July 2009 | Nature 460, 25-28 (2009) | doi:10.1038/460025a
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Nuclear energy: The hybrid returns
Slotting a fusion reactor into the heart of a nuclear fission plant could accelerate the development of waste-free nuclear energy. So why are all the designs still on paper, asks Ed Gerstner.
It seems like such a natural fit. Nuclear fission has proved that it can produce greenhouse-gas-free energy: the roughly 440 nuclear plants operating in 31 countries around the world collectively have the capacity to generate some 370 gigawatts of electrical power, or about 15% of the global total.
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