Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems marked a major milestone Tuesday morning, announcing the installation of a key component of its Sparc demonstration reactor. The new part is a 24-foot wide, 75-ton stainless steel circle that forms the foundation of the tokamak, the doughnut-shaped heart of a fusion reactor that CFS hopes will be the first of its […]

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems just picked its first commercial site partly because of its proximity to Washington, D.C.

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems will build its first commercial-scale power plant just outside of Richmond, Virginia, the company announced today, with a goal of hooking it up to the grid in the early 2030s. Fusion power has long been derided as being decades away, but the new milestone assumes the possibility of commercial operations within the

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WHAM! Nuclear fusion experiment hits new record for magnet strength

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A nuclear fusion experiment at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has set a record for the strongest steady magnetic field confining a plasma, ushering in new hope that forthcoming demonstration reactors will deliver on their promises to produce more power than they consume.. The new magnets came from Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a pioneering startup in

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Why Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ superconducting magnet sale is more than it seems

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems is shipping a pair of its specialized magnets to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the startup exclusively told TechCrunch. The move comes years before CFS anticipates starting its demonstration reactor, SPARC. It’s the first such deal, though possibly not the last, suggesting that the fusion sector has matured to the point where it

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