TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Saturday officially announced the launch
of a national project for nuclear fusion.
The study phase of the project was initiated in a special ceremony
held at the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) here in Tehran
today.
The organization also started the training course of the recruited
personnel.
The AEOI had previously invited scientists and elites in relevant
fields to join the effort for the construction of the first indigenous
nuclear fusion reactor and power plant.
Head of the AEOI Ali Akbar Salehi had earlier said that
implementation of the plan would enable the country to generate
electricity through nuclear fusion within the next two decades.
In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the
process by which multiple atomic nuclei join together to form a single
heavier nucleus.
It is accompanied by the release or absorption of large quantities
of energy. Large scale fusion processes, involving many atoms fusing at
once, must occur in matter at very high densities.
