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Nuclear Power

Fusion start-ups hope to revolutionize energy in the coming decades

With the help of venture capital funding and new technologies, a cadre of companies want to commercialize fusion energy in the next 20 years

by Katherine Bourzac
August 6, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 32
A photograph of the General Fusion reactor, showing its hedgehog piston spines.

Credit: General Fusion | The pistons surrounding General Fusion's main reactor fire once per second, pressurizing the liquid metal and plasma within.

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