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PCAST Meeting: Accelerating Innovation in Energy Technologies

Partnering with Governments

You are invited to join a meeting held by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on January 21, 2022 from 2:45 PM – 5:00 PM ET. The focus of the meeting is on accelerating innovation in energy technologies, and it will feature a panel with experts in this field, including Fusion Industry Association CEO Andrew Holland.

More information on the meeting and panel speakers can be found here, and details on how to participate will be available on this notice closer to the event. You can watch the video below, and the FIA’s slides are embedded below the video.

The agenda is as follows:

2:45 pm Welcome

PCAST Co-Chairs: Frances Arnold, Eric Lander, Maria Zuber

2:50 pm Accelerating Innovation in Energy Technologies

Moderator: Frances Arnold, PCAST Co-chair

Speakers: Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology

Andrew Holland, Fusion Industry Association

Katie Rae, The Engine

Armond Cohen, Clean Air Task Force

Jigar Shah, Department of Energy

4:10 pm Discussion with Council

4:40 pm Public Comments

4:50 pm Closing Remarks

5:00 pm Adjourn

Presentation of Andrew Holland, CEO of the Fusion Industry Association, to the PCAST:

January 13th, 2022

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Common Fusion Approaches

Magnetic confinement: Plasma is heated to 100 million °C or more, then squeezed and held in place by strong magnetic fields, allowing many fusion reactions to occur. (Example: tokamaks, stellarators)

Inertial confinement: Tiny fuel pellets are struck by powerful lasers. The outer layer explodes outward, compressing the core to fusion conditions for a few nanoseconds, producing a brief but intense pulse of energy from each pellet. (Example: National Ignition Facility)

Hybrid systems: Combine compression (e.g., from lasers, plasma pistons, or mechanical impact) with moderate magnetic fields to reduce energy losses and improve confinement.

Electrostatic fusion: Uses high electric potentials to accelerate ions toward a central reaction zone, causing them to collide at high energies and fuse. The ions are guided and confined by electric fields rather than magnets, creating a compact environment for fusion reactions.

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    • PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
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    • SCALING THE INDUSTRY
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      • FUSION NEWS VIDEOS
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