Pythagoras' Trousers

In this special documentary about fusion energy, Rhys Phillips visits the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxford. As well as learning about how nuclear energy works, Rhys is shown the Joint European Torus (JET) and the Mega-Amp Spherical Tokamak (MAST). He also learns about the next generation research device under construction in France (ITER) and a prototype power plant which will generate electricity from fusion (DEMO). Featuring contributions from centre director Steve Cowley, scientist Eva Belohony and engineers Phil Leichauer, Joe Milne & David Hancock.

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