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Title: Google Bets Big On Nuclear Fusion
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URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/google-bets-big-nuclear-fusion
Published: Jul 7, 2025
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2025-07-07 09:03:01 by Horse
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According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) definition, Nuclear fusion is the process by which two light atomic nuclei combine to form a single heavier one while releasing massive amounts of energy. Fusion reactions take place in a state of matter called plasma – a hot, charged gas made of positive ions and free-moving electrons with unique properties distinct from solids, liquids, or gases…nuclei need to collide with each other at extremely high temperatures – around ten million degrees Celsius. When the nuclei come within a very close range of each other, the attractive nuclear force between them will outweigh the electrical repulsion and allow them to fuse. For this to happen, the nuclei must be confined within a small space to increase the chances of collision. In May, a long-delayed nuclear fusion project, supported by over 30 countries, finally announced it was prepared to assemble the world's most powerful magnet. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, based in southern France and supported by the United States, China, Japan, Russia, and the European Union, aims to create an “invisible cage” to contain super-hot plasma particles that combine and fuse to release energy. Following years of delays, the start-up phase of the project is now scheduled to begin in 2033, when it is expected to start generating plasma. In addition to the joint project, some countries are battling to be the first to achieve commercial nuclear fusion. In February, satellite images emerged revealing a giant facility in China. The images showed a massive nuclear fusion research facility, which many have taken to mean that China is racing ahead in nuclear fusion development. The Chinese government is spending between an estimated $1 billion to $1.5 billion annually in fusion research and development, according to the lead of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, Jean Paul Allain. Meanwhile, former President Biden was spending around $800 million a year, although the U.S. is also making significant progress in nuclear fusion. In the U.S., Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) engineers are developing a fusion project consisting of a doughnut-shaped machine known as a tokamak and called SPARC, which they hope will achieve a nuclear fusion reaction. CFS is a company that spun off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018. The firm has raised over $2 billion in funding to develop the machine, although it is not certain how long it will take and whether it will be able to achieve a net surplus of energy once it is up and running. However, the company’s target is to construct the world’s first fusion-fuelled power plant in Virginia by the early 2030s. This week, Alphabet, the parent company of Google, came to an agreement with CFS to purchase power from its nuclear fusion project. Google signed the technology's first direct corporate power purchase agreement, according to the tech company. CFS CEO and co-founder Bob Mumgaard stated, “Without partnership and without being bold and setting a goal and going for it, you won't ever reach over those challenges.” The financing forms part of a new funding round for CFS, after Google invested $1.8 billion into the firm during its previous 2021 round. (Rest of story at source. 2033? 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Walz Over Program Favoring Illegal Immigrants Over Citizens The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the state of Minnesota and Democratic Governor Tim Walz over a program designed to offer financial aid to illegal immigrants pursuing higher education. The DOJ had previously blocked a similar initiative in Texas by threatening legal action and has already moved forward with a related lawsuit in Kentucky, The Blaze reported on Friday. “No state can be allowed to treat Americans like second-class citizens in their own country by offering financial benefits to illegal aliens,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement regarding the Minnesota lawsuit https://conservativebrief.com/doj-over-92684/ Are We Training Kids To Beat AI - Or Training AI To Beat Kids? At the University of Washington, researchers recently put a group of 7- to 11-year-olds to the test. Their goal wasn’t to teach kids how to use artificial intelligence—but how to outthink it. 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It’s not hard to imagine that knowledge being used to train the next version of AI to “think more like a human child,” or worse—outthink one https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/are-we-training-kids-beat-ai-or-training- ai-beat-kids Epstein's Private Jet's Flight Manifests The flight manifests for Epstein's private jet was used as evidence in a trial against him, and is as such a public document. His plane was dubbed the "Lolita Express" as young girls often traveled on the plane to and from Epstein's private island and other locations. The manifests are particularly disturbing, as the passenger entries confirm that several VIPs, including president Bill Clinton, who is logged together with passengers just recorded as "female". Some pages are skipped because they did not contain parseable data, or the flights listed were duplicates of flights on other pages. See the original PDF file to understand why. https://epsteinsblackbook.com/flights
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