Fusion Power Coming to France in 2040

While the U.S. public continues to debate whether or not they support nuclear power, it seems that the heads of state of the EU, US and Japan have been seriously discussing the using of fusion (instead of fission, which is currently used) for the next generation of nuclear power plants. To that end a fusion power reactor will be built in France, with results of this experiment to be seen in 2040. The article makes it sound like the US is upset that France ended up with the reactor instead of Japan, but on the darker side of the bright side if things go wrong at least it's France that is going to be contaminated with radiation and not Japan. But seriously I don't know if this is going to make much of a difference in the energy crisis the world is facing. I guess we'll have to see.