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		jfengel on June 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: HH70, the first high-temperature superconducting T... I don't understand. They built a thing. We also have similar things, don't we? Wouldn't the Sputnik moment require actual energy generation? It doesn't sound like they're any closer than we are.

topspin on June 23, 2024 [–]

> We also have similar things, don't we?

Yes. Commonwealth Fusion and MIT are building a superconducting fusion reactor at Devens, Massachusetts right now. It's called SPARC and the site has been under construction since 2021. The plan expects to achieve first plasma sometime in 2026.

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