David Zimmerman: Building Partnerships to Power Fusion and Beyond

The Transfer Files (podcast) · September 2, 2025

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Opening remarks on fusion momentum

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Speaker identified later as David Zimmerman (guest) said that over the last 5–10 years more than 40 commercial fusion startups have come online and that breakthroughs have accelerated to near-weekly announcements; he framed growing private-sector interest as a major change.

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David Zimmerman of Princeton Plasma Physics Lab discussed tech transfer at PPPL — including fusion commercialization, the HACS PlasmaForge partnership, the Quantum Diamond Lab, and his new role with the Federal Laboratory Consortium’s Northeast region.

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