fusion reactors use magnetic fields or lasers to stabilize the reaction. CFS's SPARC tokamak design uses magnets. Any disruption in the process, like loss of power or mechanical failure would ...

A company aims to bring a nuclear fusion plant online in the early 2030s, but the path to this breakthrough is anything but easy.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems on Tuesday said it had picked a site near Richmond, Va., to build its first commercial power plant, as it races rivals to prove the long-gestating fusion technology can ...

If all goes to plan, Virginia will be the site of the world’s first grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant, able to harness ...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a company with origins at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says it will build the world’s first fusion power plant in an industrial park near ...

(Courtesy of Commonwealth Fusion Systems) Virginia could soon make history as the home of the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant ... depending on the site-design. Bryant noted that ...

It is predicted to produce 50-100 MW of fusion power, with its first plasma output in 2026, Commonwealth did not confirm by posting time members of the ARC project design and construction team ...

RICHMOND — A company pioneering the use of fusion for commercial energy plans to build the nation’s first grid-scale fusion power plant in Virginia by the early 2030s, Gov. Glenn Youngkin and ...

Building, owning and operating a power plant to plug fusion power into the grid is its “next act,” Mumgaard said. The startup looked at more than 100 locations around the world for the power ...

(Courtesy of Commonwealth Fusion Systems) Virginia could soon make history as the home of the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant, state officials and private sector leaders announced Tuesday.

If all goes to plan, Virginia will be the site of the world’s first grid-scale nuclear fusion power plant, able to harness this futuristic clean power and generate electricity from it by the ...