The dream of generating energy from nuclear fusion is inching closer to reality, experts have said. The UK government recently offered £200m ($257m) funding to deliver fusion reactor energy by 2040, while China, India, Russia and the US are working to develop their own commercial reactors. The ITER project in France, which is backed by 35 countries, is building a test reactor. However, analysts said a clutch of nimble, private firms, including TAE Technologies-backed Google and the University of Oxford's First Light, could achieve fusion first.
The dream of generating energy from nuclear fusion is inching closer to reality, experts have said. The UK government recently offered £200m ($257m) funding to deliver fusion reactor energy by 2040, while China, India, Russia and the US are working to develop their own commercial reactors. The ITER project in France, which is backed by 35 countries, is building a test reactor. However, analysts said a clutch of nimble, private firms, including Google-backed TAE Technologies and the University of Oxford's First Light, could achieve fusion first.