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Can lithium reserves sustain a programme for the generation of power by controlled thermonuclear fusion? Nick Walton and Ed Spooner offer this assessment
The widely heralded public debate on the national energy strategy opens next Tuesday, one week after publication of the Department of Energy's report singling out the coal and nuclear industries as crucial factors in the country's energy future. Allan Piper reports
The controversy over international trade in nuclear technology and materials continues in the United States. Colin Norman reports from Washington on the latest development