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Google-Backed Project Gets Big Funding Boost in Pursuit of Game-Changing Energy Prototype: 'Critical Innovations'

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TAE Technologies has received another $150 million in funding for its unique reactor design from existing backers, including Google, Chevron, and New Enterprise Associates. TechCrunch reported that over the company's 30-year existence, it has raised a total of $1.8 billion, making it one of the highest-funded fusion companies in this emerging sector.  Fusion holds the promise of near-limitless energy, relying on the generation of superheated pla…

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Two promising reactor concepts are to start operation on a special test device. Costs remain a problem. (nuclear power, environmental protection)

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