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Wealthy US town set to become nuclear fusion capital of the world

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Malaga , Washington , is a rural community of Chelan County with a population of just 2,000 .

The plant would harness the same process that powers the sun to create enough energy to run about 50,000 homes.

It would use a fusion reactor to subject atoms to such extreme pressure and heat that they fuse together to produce heavier atoms.

This process releases an enormous amount of heat energy which can be converted to electricity.