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Virginia Sets Date for Nuclear Fusion Electricity as Ground Is Broken on New Plant

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems will build the first commercial nuclear fusion power plant in America .

Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin secured the site with help from eastern seaboard utility company Dominion Energy .

The ARC plant will use a doughnut-shaped chamber enclosed by superconducting magnets that will heat hydrogen isotopes to 180 million degrees Fahrenheit , causing them to form a plasma, fuse, and release energy.