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Everything you need to know about fusion energy

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Using High-Speed Neutrons in Fusion Reactors

This was a breakthrough in December. So we've never done this before then. It's still not at the point where that facility couldn't run itself. The idea is to have your reactor breeding its own tritium supply so that you don't run out and you can continue the reaction. And one of the most promising, I would say, is something that's just emerged kind of in the last five years with Commonwealth Fusion Systems.

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