Failing systems: Life support. Fusion reactor.

将失效的系统 生命维持系统 聚变反应堆。

Started in 1985, a project in Southern France called ITER is slowly plodding along with plans for a working fusion reactor.

从1985年开始，法国南部一个叫做ITER的项目艰难地执行着热核反应堆的计划。

Now scientists and startups are betting that a commercial fusion reactor is finally in sight.

现在，科学家和初创公司都押注商业聚变反应堆终于在眼前。

But they all share one aim to create the first commercial fusion reactor.

但他们都有一个共同的目标， 那就是创建第一个商用聚变反应堆。

They're building a fusion reactor with these sorts of superconducting magnets right now in the south of France.

他们现在正在法国南部用这种超导磁体建造一个聚变反应堆。

Professor Ian Chapman is the head of the UK's Atomic Energy Authority, and he runs this experimental fusion reactor.

伊恩查普曼教授是英国原子能管理局的负责人，他负责管理这个实验性聚变反应堆。

His company is developing a fusion reactor that uses a different mix of fuels to older reactor designs.

他的公司正在开发一种聚变反应堆， 该反应堆使用与旧反应堆设计不同的燃料组合。

But now let’s get ready to talk about something really huge: last week, work finally began on key components of the world’s first experimental fusion reactor.

但现在让我们准备好谈论一些真正重要的事情： 上周，世界上第一个实验性聚变反应堆的关键部件的工作终于开始了。

The firm picked Culham because it is the site of JET, the Joint European Torus, an experimental fusion reactor opened in 1983 by a consortium of governments.

该公司选择 Culham 是因为它是 JET 的所在地，Joint European Torus 是一个实验性聚变反应堆， 由一个政府财团于 1983 年启用。

It contains Helium 3, which is extremely rare on Earth but could potentially be used in nuclear fusion reactors, if we can get fusion to work on our planet.

它含有氦3， 这在地球上极为罕见，但如果我们能让核聚变在我们的星球上发挥作用， 就有可能用于核聚变反应堆。