Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Organization
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is an American fusion power company founded in 2018 as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The company aims to build a commercial, compact fusion power plant based on the ARC tokamak design using high-temperature superconducting magnets.
What experts have said about Commonwealth Fusion Systems
1 statement · 1 positive
Commonwealth Fusion Systems plans a fusion reactor reaching break-even at roughly 600 megawatts.
“instead of a 5 gigawatt reactor being necessary to be break even, they can do it in like 600 megawatts is their plan.”
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