Biden Aims For Energy Independence, Climate Health With Nuclear Fusion Technology Initiatives – By Alexandra Kelley (Nextgov) / March 18, 2022
The White House held a summit discussion on its new fusion technology research investments.
The Biden-Harris White House announced a new commitment in commercial fusion as a means to a cleaner energy economy with a historic summit, featuring the private and public sectors’ commitment to furthering the U.S. fusion energy industry.
Fusion energy is produced with the combination of atoms to create larger, heavier atoms that act as a means to generate electric power. Current nuclear power plants operate through fission, or splitting atoms, which has the drawback of creating unstable waste material. Fusion doesn’t have this problem.
Launching the summit on Thursday was Alondra Nelson, the deputy director for Science and Society in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. She described the administration’s new initiatives to further solar and wind power cultivation to provide electricity for American consumers.
