World’s first IAEA collaboration center

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Collaborating Center for Fusion Energy Research and Training was officially inaugurated on Tuesday in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

The center is jointly set up by IAEA and China Atomic Energy Authority with support from Southwestern Institute of Physics. It aims to accelerate major technological breakthroughs and the incubation of original achievements in fusion through international cooperation, academic exchanges, sci-tech innovation, and industrial traction, contributing Chinese wisdom and solutions to global research and development, according to related authorities.

Fusion energy, a crucial direction for the peaceful use of nuclear energy, offers prominent advantages compared to fission energy, including higher energy density, abundant raw material resources, lower radioactive contamination, and inherent safety. It is one of the important future development directions for clean energy.