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Speaking of fusion does anyone know what is going on with SPARC at Commonwealth Fusion Systems? I have been very excited about their system but they are understandably in a deep development and construction cycle after a $2B investment, so all their news page has for the last year are updated business deals and awards. I would love to hear how reactor construction is going.

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My best friend works for them in diagnostic sub-systems development. The product is still a long way off delivery with many systems being actively designed and refined. Basically it’s busy but will still be quite a while (3-5+ years at least).

Makes sense. I would love to see a blog post with some progress pics, but I understand that building a fusion reactor is simply a slow process!

I expect they'd happily give access to anyone who wanted to cover it. Say, if someone wanted to do quarterly update videos, and had the appropriate skills, they'd only have to find the right person to ask, on the academic side. Hint.

Thanks. I do have the appropriate skills but I live in California and I’m busy with my own world changing projects that need videos produced about them! I just want to read blog posts about what’s happening.

Yep, be great if someone nearby had the inclination.

Their progress pics are on Instagram and TikTok (unfortunately): https://www.instagram.com/cfs.energy/

Gotcha that is helpful thank you!

Thanks for the update. I was taking no news as good news and didn't expect to hear anything until 2025 anyway.

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