North Korean claims to have conducted fusion nuclear reaction | Asia Pacific

Nuclear fusion is considered the holy grail of energy, producing safe and almost limitless power from hydrogen atoms with zero emissions and almost zero waste. The claim seems unlikely. If true, it means North Korea has achieved with Soviet-era technology what a multi-billion dollar, multi-national experiment currently underway in the south of France has so far failed to do. The International Thermo-nuclear Experimental Reactor, or ITER, expects to start its fusion reaction in 2019.

Presenter: Paul Allen

Speaker: Neil Calder, Communications Director ITER