Abstract
This editorial is prompted by the recent discussions in Europe about the siting of the next generation plasma fusion experiment and the report of an interdisciplinary MIT study of "The Future of Nuclear Power" (http://www.mit.edu/afs/athena/org/n/nuclearpower/). I am struck by the different motivations involved in these two very dissimilar subjects which are only joined by their stated desire to produce cheap, clean, safe, and widely available electrical power for mankind. Plasma fusion is a very long-term aim. Indeed it seems to be permanently 50 years away. The MIT analysis of Nuclear power, in contrast, seems to be a hardheaded analysis of the realities facing this mode of electricity production.
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