Japanese Atomic Energy Agency To Open New Facility J-PARC

NAKA, IBARAKI - JULY 23: A large tokamak device "JT-60" is located at Japan Atomic Energy Agency's (JAEA) Naka Fusion Research Institute on July 23, 2008 in Naka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The fusion plasma reseach facility, JT-60, that achieved the world's highest iron temperature of 520 million degrees centigrade in 1996 is now in operation. It will be used as a facility of International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) that willl start operation around 2017 in France. JT-60 will undergo a large scale renovation from September 2008 for seven years. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)