Slashdot reader tedlistens writes that “Nuclear is booming again. And with a serious pile of private and public funding behind them—and physics (see the recent breakthrough at Livermore National Lab) — these companies say they’re getting closer to fusion.”
The companies were profiled in a Fast Company article titled “The frontrunners in the trillion-dollar race for limitless fusion power.”
Last year, investors like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos injected a record $3.4 billion into firms working on the technology, according to Pitchbook. One fusion firm, Seattle-based Helion, raised a record $500 million from Sam Altman and Peter Thiel. … The Fusion Industry Association says that at least 33 different companies were now pursuing nuclear fusion, and…
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