The Gadget Guy

The holy grail of clean power

The Wendelstein 7-X has been completed after 19 years of hard graft

Last week I was keeping a close eye on something that may well change our world.

After 19 years of hard graft and a little over €1 billion, the Wendelstein 7-X or W7-X Fusion Reactor has been completed, and awaits the green light from German nuclear regulators to turn the key. In the next few days, mankind may be observing the first clean, stable, fusion power generator ever to exist.

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