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Witnesses press for apprenticeships, community college partnerships and regional fusion hubs
Summary
University, national‑lab and company witnesses said workforce shortages — not just PhDs — are a bottleneck for fusion commercialization and urged apprenticeships, community college partnerships and regional hubs to scale skilled trades and manufacturing capacity.
University and industry witnesses told the House Science Subcommittee that workforce shortages for technical and manufacturing roles threaten fusion commercialization timelines. "The challenge is not simply producing more PhDs, but building a robust skilled trades workforce," said Chairman Weber in his opening. Dr. Stephanie Diem, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, described her lab's difficulty filling…
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