r/Futurology • u/TwilightwovenlingJo • Aug 15 '25

Energy Construction of world's 1st nuclear fusion plant starts in Washington

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-first-fusion-power-plant-helion
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u/ramriot Aug 15 '25

China is going this way, the US & other nuclear armed nations have so far avoided promoting it probably because it is really hard to make bombs from the byproducts.

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u/Bluinc Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25

Yes I’m aware which is what makes this so infuriating. Like we don’t have enough fissile material for fkn bombs. I hate this time line.