A plan to push fusion energy forward is taking shape at a former coal plant in Clinton.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Knoxville-based fusion company Type One Energy are establishing a fusion development campus at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Bull Run Energy Complex.
There, they’ll test how materials react under intense heat in a fusion device. This would be the second – and most powerful – facility of its kind in the United States, according to a Jan. 21 ORNL news release…