DOE’s fusion roadmap is a procurement list in disguise
The new federal roadmap is most useful when read not as a promise of power by a date, but as a specification for the facilities, components and evidence America must buy.
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The Fusion PlatformFusion, without the confusion.
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U.S. Department of Energy fusion strategy, facilities, funding, milestones and implementation of the national science and technology roadmap.
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The new federal roadmap is most useful when read not as a promise of power by a date, but as a specification for the facilities, components and evidence America must buy.
America is favourite to build the first credible commercial-style pilot. China is better placed to build the second, tenth and fiftieth plants. The latter is the race that matters.
Fusion policy should choose safety, evidence and speed while leaving reactor architecture to technical competition.