Fusion not Fission?

■ The President of France, Jacques Chirac, was to lead a signing ceremony yesterday to develop a new breed of experimental nuclear fusion reactor that mimics the energy-producing process powering the sun, Agence France-Presse reports.

The event in Paris was to see representatives from China, the European Union, India, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the US formally set up the structure of the €10 billion ($16.7 billion) reactor.