China's new reactor will simulate the detonation of a thermonuclear bomb, producing powerful electrical "To be the first in the world to carry out a nuclearFusion on the scale of energy production is the start of the most important milestone in people's journey to fusion power,” said Peng Xianjue, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics and the country's leading nuclear scientist. But the reactor will not be the first of its kind,In any case, the history of technology suggests that the hype around this new Chinese project is too high. In fact, as reported by SCMP, all...