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September 25, 2024, 7:00AMNuclear News

A still shot from the Senate ENR Hearing to Examine Fusion Energy Technology Development.

Hours before the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) opened a scheduled September 19 hearing on fusion energy technology development, CNN published an article titled “The US led on nuclear fusion for decades. Now China is in a position to win the race.” The article was entered into the hearing record, but senators had already gotten the message.

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