Nuclear Fusion breakthrough with Wendelstein 7.x in Germany. Congrats to team.
Quite a moment for EURATOM* - the European Atomic Energy Community, which funds & coordinates nuclear fusion research within the EU.
*the UK dumped themselves out of that with brexit
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http://fz-juelich.de/en/news/archive/announcements/2025/world-premiere-in-fusion-research-high-energy-particles-generated-by-radio-waves-in-wendelstein-7-x
Quite a moment for EURATOM* - the European Atomic Energy Community, which funds & coordinates nuclear fusion research within the EU.
*the UK dumped themselves out of that with brexit
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http://fz-juelich.de/en/news/archive/announcements/2025/world-premiere-in-fusion-research-high-energy-particles-generated-by-radio-waves-in-wendelstein-7-x
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everyone will benefit from the EURATOM breakthrough at Wendelstein 7.x.
the UK ended up having to abandon ambitions to re-join EURATOM, after it was told their absence, because of brexit, "cannot be reversed"!
As Liz Truss might say "that (pause) is (pause) a (long pause) disgrace!"
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https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/uk-leading-the-world-in-fusion-power-plant-design/50911/
Back to the drawing-board - that'll be the Brexit. Fuxaches!
It's a real shame. the success of EURATOM is down to how they pooled resources & talent together. Not isolationism.
If you like pollution that is
I salute you 🫡
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Makes you proud to be an EU citizen doesn't it
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You're welcome
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80e86d1kl3o.amp
it would have been far better to pool resources and ideas, as EURATOM have done, with Japan and others.
everyone will benefit from the Wendelstein 7.x breakthrough.
the general gist was the british dumped themselves out of everything, for no logic reason, with brexit - that was hugely disruptive to collaborative projects - and now are crawling back to get back in.