Bob Mumgaard
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 20 Jul
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Yeah, I think the way to think about it is you break it into pieces, right?
Like different time frames.
So you know long term, fusion is a hugely disruptive energy source.
And I'm sure we'll talk more about that.
But that is huge amount of promise.
Medium term, we have to get the first generation of fusion power plants built.
This is not a plant, but it's the step right before that.
And the fact that that step, which is sort of sort of the last step you need to really have confidence in how a fusion power plant works, what are all the parts, how do you put it together, that step is happening right now here.
And so this facility, this facility is really the only one like it in the world, and it's taking all the science that's happened in fusion from
long time, summing it up with a supply chain and with the ability to build at scale, and then putting that into a prototype machine.
And that's what you're seeing here is Spark.
The actual machine itself that at the heart of it creates the fusion reactions.
And we're standing in a room that's in the middle of a plant, a full facility that has all the the things that make this machine operate.
That's right.
So like you can think of the company, Commonwealth Fusion Systems.
You know, we're the largest of the fusion companies in the world.
We're one of the best capitalized next generation energy companies.
And what we've been doing over the last eight years since we were founded is to take this science and advance it towards that goal of large scale mini, mini fusion power plants.
And we're pretty much on the right track on that.
We've got this machine about 80% complete.
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