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The United States should devote substantially more resources to nuclear fusion research and build an ambitious prototype fusion power plant, according to a new report<\/a>.<\/p> The report is the work of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Its conclusion: it’s more important than ever for the U.S. and the world to explore roads to practical fusion power.<\/p> At the crux of the report is the role the U.S. will play in ITER, an international experimental fusion facility<\/a> currently under construction in France. Some U.S. politicians have denounced ITER, arguing that the U.S. should pull out of the project.<\/p> But the National Academies report argues that the U.S. should remain involved with ITER, which will use a donut-shaped tokamak reactor that’s currently scheduled to go online<\/a> by 2030 to produce energy.<\/p> At the same time, according to the report, the U.S. should boost its spending on fusion research by $200 million per year and construct its own experimental reactor. The report points to the multidisciplinary scientific insights a prototype fusion power plant could grant, from energy to vacuum technologies and “complex cryonic systems.”<\/p> “We listened very carefully to the community, especially some of the younger scientists who are very active in the field, and what we heard from the scientists is a desire to get on with fusion energy,” Michael Mauel, a co-chair of the committee that released the report, told Science<\/em><\/a>. “We’re not just studying this thing, we’re trying to see if it really does work.”<\/p> READ MORE: <\/strong>Final Report of the Committee on a Strategic Plan for U.S. Burning Plasma Research<\/a> [National Academies] More on fusion: China’s “Artificial Sun” Is Now Hot Enough for Nuclear Fusion<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p> The post Experts: United States Should Build a Prototype Fusion Power Plant<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> See the rest here: Power Play The United States should devote substantially more resources to nuclear fusion research and build an ambitious prototype fusion power plant, according to a new report . The report is the work of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Its conclusion: it\u2019s more important than ever for the U.S. Continue reading Losin’ Fusion<\/h2>
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