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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.
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Dr. Miller was born in Chicago, IL in 1943 and was an elementary high school friend of Emmett Till who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 sparking the Civil Rights Movement under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. Miller was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, graduating in 1964. He is a Viet Nam veteran and is a recipient of the Bronze Star.
He entered Northwestern University in 1969 and was awarded a PhD in Engineering Sciences in 1973. His research was in computational methods of neutron transport and he co-authored a text book on the subject. He served for almost 30 years and retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in 2001, achieving the rank of Deputy Laboratory Director for Science and Technology. He has served since then in part time or consultant capacities at the University of New Mexico, LANL, Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, AZIsotopes LLC, Texas A & M University and Kairos Power.
In 2009, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy serving under the leadership of Secretary Stephen Chu in the first Obama Administration.
Dr. Miller is a recipient of the Northwestern University Alumni Merit Award and was named by the National Society of Black Engineers as its 2004 Distinguished Engineer.
Dr. Miller is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and in 1996 was elected to the National Academy of Engineers.
He is presently a Senior Technical Advisory at Kairos Power and a Professor of Practice at Texas A & M University.
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