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Hotter than the Sun! Could nuclear fusion produce infinite amounts of clean energy? Unlike nuclear fission, the environmental and safety properties are good. Could nuclear fusion be the solution to our environmental problems? The sun and other stars generate energy: A fusion fire ignites in a huge ball of plasma, where hydrogen atom nuclei fuse to form helium. That releases a lot of energy. So fusion research is trying to replicate these processes on Earth. The research is led by the massive International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a $20 billion international collaboration. About 5,000 scientists and technologists from around the world are assembling huge parts containing more than a million components. Research has been going on for decades, but it is extremely difficult to achieve nuclear fusion on a scale that ultimately produces more energy than is used to initiate it. In the sun, heat and pressure force atomic nuclei to fuse. There are two ways to do this on Earth: magnetic containment fusion and laser fusion. Alongside the German megaproject W-7X, a number of new startups are competing to be the first to produce clean, inexhaustible energy. The film sheds light on how nuclear fusion works, what role it could play in Europe’s energy landscape, what challenges it poses, what the difference is between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion and whether it is the solution to humanity’s energy hunger. ـــــ #Documentary #DW #Energy #NuclearFusion ـــــ DW Dialogue Call: https://p.dw.com/p/OYIo More documentaries are available on our websites in English: http://www.dw.com/ar/tv/docfilm/s-3610 / dwdocumentary / dw.stories