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Moving away from massive tokamak designs, Cambridge Heavy Industries is developing compact laser-powered devices to solve the fuel and ignition bottlenecks of commercial fusion.
Private capital is pouring into fission and fusion infrastructure to meet AI's massive power requirements, even as public nuclear equities face significant volatility.
X-energy's advanced small modular reactor project has secured a $1 billion federal award, accelerating its path toward commercial deployment and signaling a renewed governmental commitment to next-generation nuclear power as a clean energy solution.