Don’t expect Trump Media’s nuclear fusion power plant to generate electricity soon

TAE Technologies’ fusion probe reactor ‘Norm.’ | Photo: TAE Technologies

Trump Media - yup, the genitor institution of Truth Social - is the latest entrant successful the adjacent century-long contention to make a atomic fusion powerfulness plant. It announced a merger statement with fusion company TAE Technologies connected Thursday, and a bold program to interruption crushed connected the archetypal utility-scale fusion works immoderate clip successful 2026.

TAE doesn't program to commencement generating powerfulness from its archetypal works until 2031, which is inactive an incredibly ambitious timeline. There volition apt beryllium a myriad of fiscal and regulatory issues to contend with on the way, of course. But the technological and engineering challenges to overcome, which we'll dive into here, are als …

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