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CNBC – Nuclear Fusion Edges Closer to Commercialization

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CNBC – Nuclear Fusion Edges Closer to Commercialization

By Trevor Curwin | 23 Apr 2012 – 1:01 PM ET

Nuclear fusion may still be in the lab, but one New Jersey company is continuing a steady march toward commercializing this powerful energy source.

“We’ve achieved a number of milestones to get here,” says Eric Lerner, president of Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, which is at work on “dense plasma fusion.”

For decades, fusion has been considered a safer way to generate power from nuclear reactions because it doesn’t produce radioactive waste or create dangerous contamination situations, as in the Chernobyl and Fukushima meltdowns.

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