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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Which country will win fusion’s commercial race?
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.
Technology neutrality is not indecision
Fusion policy should choose safety, evidence and speed while leaving reactor architecture to technical competition.