Construction of a superconducting fusion power generator in China been has announced and should be built in March or April. Testing is scheduled to begin in either July or August. Though when complete it will be the fourth such device in existence (others exist in Russia, Japan, and France), if experiments prove the device to be viable, the Tokamak-based instrument will be the world's first fully functioning superconducting fusion apparatus.

Unlike other facilities of this type, investment costs are expected to total $37 million USD, approximately 1/15 to 1/20 the price of the three similar machines already manufactured. The program, dubbed EAST (Experimental advanced super conducting research) will contribute its findings to a consortium of scientists around the world.

The goal of EAST is to develop a fusion power generator capable of withstanding temperatures above 100 million degrees Celsius and able to control deuterium-tritium reactions. Once such a power device is refined, it could theoretically provide an infinite amount of clean energy.

Via (People's Daily Online)