Japan seeks nuclear fusion reactor prototype by midcentury

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A technician looks at the circular bioshield inside the construction site of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, southern France. © Reuters

NATSUMI IWATA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan aims to hammer out its very first research and development strategy for nuclear fusion by summer, Nikkei has learned, with the goal of achieving a prototype reactor by around 2050.

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