The Asian nation has recently stepped up its ambitions in achieving nuclear fusion, a process by which the sun and other stars generate energy and that is considered a near-infinite form of clean energy. It is notoriously difficult to carry out in a sustained and usable manner and only a handful of countries like the US, Russia and South Korea have managed to crack the basics.
China aims to commercialise nuclear fusion technology for use in emissions-free power generation by 2050, according to the country’s state-owned atomic company.
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), which runs an experimental device dubbed the "artificial sun", could start commercial operation of its first power generation project about five years after a demonstration phase starting around 2045, it said in a media briefing on Friday.
