The United States is reaching a nuclear fusion milestone, but significant challenges still lie ahead. | general

In Europe, too, a lot of work is being done on nuclear fusion. In a few years, an experimental reactor will open in the south of France where scientists hope to demonstrate nuclear fusion in a different way. “I think such magnetic fusion still offers a more likely path to a commercial reactor,” says Citrin.

However, he says there is no competition with the American laser method. “We are all doing this for the same purpose, for the good of humanity.”