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Industry leaders urge $10 billion federal push to build U.S. fusion demonstration plants
Summary
Witnesses at a House Science Subcommittee hearing urged Congress to fund a one‑time, large federal investment to accelerate commercialization of fusion power, citing rapid private investment, U.S. national security concerns, and Chinese facility build‑outs.
At a House Science Subcommittee on Energy hearing, fusion industry leaders and national lab officials onlined a shared request: Congress should fund a large, accelerated federal program to move fusion from laboratory demonstrations to ground‑breaking commercial plants. "The US is not positioned to win. China is," said Bob Mumgaard, cofounder and CEO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems. "We're at serious risk of falling behind unless it takes urgent action and soon."
The request centered on a one‑time federal investment of roughly $10 billion to fund milestone‑based public‑private programs and to finance prototype or demonstration fusion plants. "We are calling the US government to do a one time $10,000,000,000 investment in fusion research and demonstration," Mumgaard told the…
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