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US Congress embraces fusion

The Omnibus Spending Bill President Joe Biden (D-Delaware) signed on 15 March 2022 budgets $713 million for fusion science and $50 million for a fusion reactor, US Representative Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tennessee) claims. Concurrently, the Biden administration is promoting what it calls a “bold vision for commercial fusion energy.”

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Researchers Spark first Sustainable Fusion Reaction

“This is a good analogy for a burning plasma, where the fusion is now starting to become self-sustaining,” experimental physicist Alex Zylstra said. Zylstra compared the experiment to a fireplace or a campfire.

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British company’s breakthrough could cut fusion costs in half

“This means we have the potential to reduce cryogenic capital and running costs for HTS magnets, by 50%, or more,” Tokamak CEO Chris Kelsall boasts. Most fusion reactor designs use high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets to generate magnetic fields to contain plasma.

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Chinese Scientists seek Fusion Fuel on the Moon

If the Chinese can get to the Moon first, they could control the Helium-3 supply and make all the money from it. The Chinese and Russian space agencies are planning to build a joint-base on the Moon. However, neither China nor Russia has a rocket capable of hauling cosmonauts to the Moon.

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Fusion Company claims to have $1.8 billion in funding

If the press release is accurate, Commonwealth could have more private financing than the rest of the private fusion industry. The Fusion Industry Association estimates all fusion companies received $1.7 billion in investments before October 2021.

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Chinese Scientists building Laser to Ignite Fusion

 
“Our goal is to achieve sustainable fusion,” Zhang told The Morning Post. “the cones can be mass-produced and loaded as bullets in a machine that will rotate and fire like a Gatling gun.”

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Fusion company raises $500 million

TechCrunch claims Helion has commitments for another $1.7 billion in investments. If that claim is true, Helion could receive up to $2.2 billion, or more than all the known private investment in fusion. The Fusion Industry Association estimates private individuals and organizations invested $1.7 billion was in fusion before October 2021.

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Commercial Fusion could arrive in the 2030s

Executives at 71% of the companies surveyed think fusion commercialization will begin in the 2030s. There are 35 fusion companies in the world, the Association estimates. However, only 27 of the companies participated in the Association’s survey.

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