Introduction

Long derided as a prospect that is forever 30 years away, nuclear fusion seems finally to be approaching commercial viability. Next year construction will start here on a gleaming building of glass and steel which could house what many people consider to be an essential technology for clean energy in the 20 first century and beyond. Key to these efforts are advances in materials research and computing enabling technologies other than the standard designs that national and international agencies have pursued for so long. Google and the new york city based investment bank goldman sacks among those funding the fusion company t a e technologies.