Which are the risks of the current delay of UK and CH association for nuclear fusion research?

The Joint European Torus (JET) tokamak nuclear fusion reactor near Oxford, UK, is a test centre for the world’s largest fusion experiment — ITER in France. A view inside the JET vessel, with, superimposed on the left, a plasma similar to the one that reached the world record in fusion energy, reported in February 2022. Credit: EUROfusion

The news and information service SWI swissinfo.ch reports on the consequences of the non-association of Switzerland and the UK in Horizon Europe and the Euratom research programme for the developement of the nuclear fusion infrastructure ITER in France.

In the article Ambrogio Fasoli, director of the Swiss Plasma Center at EPFL, explains what the current delay in the association of Switzerland means for the European project, where scientists have been working for decades to try to develop fusion energy.

Read the full article here: EU-Swiss political deadlock throws shadow over nuclear fusion research – SWI swissinfo.ch