Why is Israel’s plan to fit a fusion reactor in a container considered a ‘game changer’ in the energy industry?

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At first glance, it looks like an ordinary warehouse, but upon entering the building in the city of Hod Hasharon, it is clear that it is an energy project in the Middle East that is trying to make the impossible possible. .

Researchers at NT Tau are part of a high-profile group of 35 private startups trying to build a private fusion reactor.

Nuclear fusion, or the fusion of hydrogen atoms to create energy, is the source of energy in the Sun and other planets in the universe. If this process is tested on land, it can ensure cheap, abundant and environment-friendly power generation.

Late last year, researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in the US state of California made a major breakthrough.