Europe follows fusion twin track

An alternative fusion project to the ITER fusion venture has been kicked off in Europe in October 2008 that would seek abundant clean energy using a colossal laser the size of a football stadium. The HipPER programme is seen as a necessary complementary route. HiPER is a proposed European High Power laser Energy Research facility dedicated to demonstrating the feasibility of laser driven fusion as a future energy source.

Website: HIPER http://www.hiper-laser.org/

Wikipedia: HiPER Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HiPER

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