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China Leads Fusion Research as US Collaborates
12/19/2025
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Story summary
- China is heavily investing in fusion research and building a large facility in Hefei to harvest fusion energy.
- A team led by Xu is reviving the Molten-Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE), funded in the 1960s in the United States.
- Xu says the United States has lagged, while China has seized the opportunity to advance.
- American laboratories are collaborating with Chinese scientists and supporting China's reactor development.
