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theguardian: Iranian team to collaborate with US company on nuclear fusion project
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/may/25/iranian-team-collaborate-us-nuclear[font face=Serif][font size=5]Iranian team to collaborate with US company on nuclear fusion project[/font]
[font size=4]New Jersey company says it has permission for unique partnership to work toward the holy grail of energy sources[/font]
Mark Halper
guardian.co.uk, Friday 25 May 2012 13.59 EDT
[font size=3]A US company and an Iranian university have agreed to collaborate on nuclear fusion, the elusive technology that promises a limitless supply of clean energy.
New Jersey-based Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Inc and Tehran's Islamic Azad University will jointly design a fusion machine that "would be affordable to construct in industrializing nations", according to a contract signed last weekend and seen by The Guardian.
The partnership comes amid tensions between the US and Iran over allegations that Iran is enriching uranium – a process that is different from fusion – to support a nuclear weapons programme.
Sceptics doubt whether US trade sanctions will permit the collaboration. But LPP claimed in a written statement that the pact qualifies as an official US department of treasury exemption "which authorizes collaborating with academics and research institutions on the … creation and enhancement of written publications."
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[font size=4]New Jersey company says it has permission for unique partnership to work toward the holy grail of energy sources[/font]
Mark Halper
guardian.co.uk, Friday 25 May 2012 13.59 EDT
[font size=3]A US company and an Iranian university have agreed to collaborate on nuclear fusion, the elusive technology that promises a limitless supply of clean energy.
New Jersey-based Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Inc and Tehran's Islamic Azad University will jointly design a fusion machine that "would be affordable to construct in industrializing nations", according to a contract signed last weekend and seen by The Guardian.
The partnership comes amid tensions between the US and Iran over allegations that Iran is enriching uranium – a process that is different from fusion – to support a nuclear weapons programme.
Sceptics doubt whether US trade sanctions will permit the collaboration. But LPP claimed in a written statement that the pact qualifies as an official US department of treasury exemption "which authorizes collaborating with academics and research institutions on the … creation and enhancement of written publications."
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