Iran launches nuclear fusion program, says atomic energy chief
As far as I can tell, fusion research for them is futile apart from making fusion weapons.
Iran launches nuclear fusion program, says atomic energy chief
By the CNN Wire Staff
July 24, 2010 11:46 a.m. EDTTehran, Iran (CNN) — The head of Iran’s nuclear energy agency announced Saturday that the country had launched a “serious” nuclear fusion research program, according to state-run Press TV.
Ali-Akbar Salehi, the chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said as many as 50 scientists were participating in the research to break into alternative energy, Press TV said.
The process of nuclear fusion consists of forcing hydrogen nuclei to collide at high speed and fuse together, which releases energy, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) website.