Company says nuclear fusion could power the grid – and soon
Commonwealth Fusion Systems took another step this week in its race to become the first to get the same power fueling the sun and stars onto the US electrical grid.
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window.CNN.contentModel.leadingMediaType = 'image'; window.CNN.contentModel.isVideoCollection = false; Workers assemble toroidal field magnets at the Commonwealth Fusion Systems campus in Devens, Massachusetts, on November 6, 2024. The company's growing conviction that fusion is within reach after decades of research comes as they complete magnets that will be critical for containing the superheated plasma needed to generate power. Cassandra Klos/Bloomberg/Getty Images Facebook Tweet Email Link Threads Link Copied! A Massachusetts-based fusion company took another step this week in its race to become the first to get the same power fueling the sun and stars onto the US electrical grid.
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