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The Biden administration announced $180 million from the US Energy Department to accelerate fusion research, aiming to develop commercial fusion systems within a decade. Efforts include establishing a public-private consortium to attract funding from various sources. Progress in fusion energy, the process of fusing small atoms to release energy, has been slow, but a breakthrough in 2022 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has sparked optimism for the development of a commercial fusion industry.
Source: YAHOO