Is America About to Win the Nuclear Fusion Race?

Can this US startup complete the world's first nuclear fusion plant? This video contains paid promotion for Brilliant. Additional footage and images courtesy of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, ITER Organisation, BBC News, Fusion for Energy, Google, Gretchen Ertl, Helion, JT-60 SA, MIT, TAE...

14 min - Engineering & Megastructures - The B1M

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