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China is building a giant laser facility to master near-limitless clean energy, satellite images appear to show | CNN

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China is building a huge nuclear fusion research facility near Mianyang in Sichuan province .

The facility is described as a “laser fusion” facility in contract documents obtained by CNN .

Experts say the facility also gives China the ability to research nuclear weapons.

Nuclear fusion offers the prospect of abundant, clean energy without the long-lived radioactive waste problem of nuclear fission.