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The hope is that the bills will promote the development of nuclear fusion in Wisconsin, which is the same source of energy that powers the sun and stars, instead of nuclear fission.
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 2 July 2025
With a deadline of 23 April to apply, the program targets advanced Generation III+ reactors that scale down and modernize the basic tech behind conventional nuclear fission power plants.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Apr. 2025
Often called the holy grail of clean energy, nuclear fusion creates four times more energy per kilogram of fuel than traditional nuclear fission and four million times more than burning coal, with no greenhouse gasses or long-term radioactive waste.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
The Trump government appears to have taken another giant step toward uranium mining by another new executive order on May 23 that prioritized nuclear fission reactors, traditional and SMRs (small modular reactors).
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 2 July 2025
With a deadline of 23 April to apply, the program targets advanced Generation III+ reactors that scale down and modernize the basic tech behind conventional nuclear fission power plants.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Apr. 2025
Often called the holy grail of clean energy, nuclear fusion creates four times more energy per kilogram of fuel than traditional nuclear fission and four million times more than burning coal, with no greenhouse gasses or long-term radioactive waste.
—Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
The Trump government appears to have taken another giant step toward uranium mining by another new executive order on May 23 that prioritized nuclear fission reactors, traditional and SMRs (small modular reactors).
—Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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“Nuclear fission.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuclear%20fission. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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