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Nuclear Fusion / US Faces Global Race With China For ‘Game-Changing’ Technology, Committee Told

By David Dalton
27 September 2024

Beijing pouring $1.5bn a year into sector and ‘doubling down’ as it bids to take lead

US Faces Global Race With China For ‘Game-Changing’ Technology, Committee Told
The US and the 32 other countries are working together on the Iter nuclear fusion project in France. Courtesy Iter.
Fusion energy is a critical technology that will be “a total game changer”, but the US faces a global race with China which is pouring $1.5bn (€1.3bn) a year into the sector and rapidly building its research programme, a US Senate committee has been told.

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