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Promoting fusion-powered innovation

Nuclear fusion could be the perfect solution to the world's energy problems - but first, we have to work out how to produce fusion power cost-effectively. Research is getting closer, and the advances it is delivering could also be useful in other areas. An EU-funded project has highlighted the potential of technology transfers to industry.

date:  26/08/2016

ProjectFusion Technology Transfer Action

acronymFUTTA

See alsoCORDIS

Abundant, affordable fusion power may seem like a distant dream, but in fact the researchers striving to harness nuclear fusion have already made a lot of progress. The innovative technologies they have been developing to tap into this virtually unlimited source of energy — such as plasma handling techniques, materials able to withstand extreme temperatures, and the remote handling systems needed inside a reactor — could have a number of applications beyond fusion.

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