Croatia could have its first small modular reactors in about ten years

GERMANY SCIENCE ENERGY FUSION

epa04635147 A photo made available 24 February 2015 of technicians working on the 'Wendelstein 7-X' research reactor at the Max Planck Insitute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald, Germany, 23 February 2015. Researchers have begun to cool down 450 tons of metal to minus 270 degrees Celsius in order to make the magnetic coils of the fusion reactor superconductive and capable to hold hot plasma at temperatures of up to 100 million degrees Celsius. First tests of the stellarator reactor with hydrogen and helium are planned for summer 2015 with the scientists attempt to create a continous plasma discharge in order to simulate the processes in the sun. The operating license is still pending. EPA/STEFAN SAUER