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Japan Start-up Aims to Launch World’s First Steady-State Fusion Reactor in 2034

(Reuters) – Japanese start-up Helical Fusion aims to launch the world’s first steady-state nuclear fusion reactor in 2034 and to begin commercial operations in the 2040s, its CEO told Reuters. Despite global efforts to harness fusion, the reaction that powers the sun, to produce emissions-free power, 70 years of research have yet to produce a commercially viable …

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Nuclear Fusion Backers Meet in U.S. Capital as Competition with China Looms

(Reuters) – Leaders in the emerging Western nuclear fusion industry are convening in Washington, D.C. this week seeking ways to attract more money for research to avoid falling far behind China in the race to develop and build commercially viable reactors. A funding bill signed by President Joe Biden this month contained $790 million for …

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