Experimental nuclear reactor powers China's dream of limitless energy

ITER fusion project slowly comes together, but commercialization still decades away

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General view of the circular bioshield inside the construction site of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, southern France on Nov. 7, 2019. © Reuters

YU DAWEI and INGRID LUAN, Caixin

With multi-ton components shipped from China and other parts of the world, workers at a dusty construction site in southern France are rushing to assemble the world's largest and most expensive nuclear fusion experiment.

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