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Tennessee fusion regulations take effect
On June 9, Tennessee became the first U.S. state to implement its own regulatory framework for nuclear fusion machines. It’s a notable step in the rapidly developing field of fusion regulation, and will help Tennessee prepare to regulate Type One Energy’s proposed commercial fusion power plant near Oak Ridge.
2022 ANS Annual Meeting
Dr. Scott Hsu is Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Energy for Science and Innovation and DOE Lead Fusion Coordinator for a crosscutting “all-of-DOE” effort to accelerate fusion energy RD&D. Scott is concluding his tenure as a Program Director at ARPA-E, where he launched the BETHE and GAMOW fusion programs. Prior to ARPA-E, Scott was a plasma and fusion research scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Scott testified to the Energy Subcommittee of the House Science Committee in 2016 on innovative fusion concept development, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), and a co-recipient of the 2002 APS Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research. Scott earned a Ph.D. in Astrophysical Sciences (Program in Plasma Physics) from Princeton University and a B.S summa cum laude in Electrical Engineering from UCLA.
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