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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
26th Technology of Fusion Energy Meeting (TOFE 2024)
John Echols is the program manager for Materials and Internal Components in the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences at the U.S. Department of Energy. John received his masters’ in Materials Science and Engineering from Virginia Tech and his PhD from the University of Florida. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory before joining the UK Atomic Energy Authority. He rose to the level of Senior Materials Scientist before moving into the program manager role in the U.S. Department of Energy.
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