To develop and strengthen nuclear fusion human resources, support for dispatch to domestic and overseas institutions (Kyodo News)

Starting in fiscal 2025, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology will strengthen the training of human resources with knowledge and skills in nuclear fusion, which is expected to be the next generation of clean energy. The National Institute for Fusion Science (Toki City, Gifu Prefecture) will take the lead in implementing educational programs, and researchers will be dispatched to research institutes and companies bot…

CDU and CSU promise in this election campaign: The world's first fusion reactor will be built in Germany. Nuclear fusion – what is it? It's nothing less than controlling the sun. Nuclear fusion wants to use that principle to generate electricity, which also uses the sun: atomic nuclei of the elements hydrogen and helium merge together and release enormous amounts of energy. The potential is fantastic: one gram of hydrogen releases about the same…