http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5012638.stm
At only US$6 billion, this is a bargain. I'd love to see them throw ten times as much money at something like this. Maybe we could take that $5.9 billion worth of subsidies that our government is giving to the oil companies and pay for this whole project that way.
I see fusion power as the one, achievable technology breakthrough that will totally change our planet for the better. The benefits aren't as great for established countries (other than the obvious envionmental positives) but I think third-world countries will move forward in leaps and bounds with cheaper, more-available power sources.