Road map to U.S. fusion power plant comes into clearer focus—sort of
Road map to U.S. fusion power plant comes into clearer focus—sort of Feb. 19, 2021 , 5:00 PM Plans to build a prototype fusion power plant in the United States have come into tighter focus, as a new report lays out a rough timeline for building the multibillon-dollar plant and a strategy for developing its design. The United States should strive to start construction of the pilot by 2035 and to have it running by 2040, according to a report released this week by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). To meet that tight schedule, the report calls for the U.S. ...
Source: sciencemag.org