China, U.S. Race Nuclear Fusion

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How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge

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China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy.

Nuclear fusion creates four times more energy per kilogram of fuel than traditional nuclear fission and four million times more than burning coal.

China is catching up by spending twice as much and building projects at record speed.

The only working fusion power plants right now in the universe are stars.

China has more fusion patents than any other country and 10 times the number of doctorates in fusion science and engineering as the U.S. , Nikkei Asia report says.

The containment dome where the fusion reaction will occur is roughly twice the size of NIF .

China 's CRAFT project is set to reach completion this year , and a new tokamak called BEST is expected to be finished in 2027 .

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