On August 18, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee sent a letter to the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission supporting the ongoing work of the NRC staff to craft a new framework for fusion energy. The letter notes fusion’s inherent safety, saying “Leading scientists from around…
The “CHIPS and Science” Bill authorizes more than $100 billion in increased scientific research, including important new fusion programs.
Chairwoman of the Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Dianne Feinstein, along with Ranking Member John Kennedy, included $ million to invest in fusion energy research and $ million for a milestone-based public-private partnership program in their budget for the Senate’s Energy and Water FY 22 Appropriations Bill. The funding provided in this bill incorporates an…
Congress has created a new public-private partnership and provided record funding for fusion energy research.
House of Representatives will consider whether to amend legislation to increase fusion energy funding
The FIA applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing HR5376, the Build Back Better Act, because it will make transformative investments into fusion energy research, development, and deployment as a part of the legislation’s climate and energy provisions. The Build Back Better infrastructure package includes, among other sections, significant new investments into clean energy…
On Wednesday, November 17 Congress will hold a hearing on fusion energy research and development. Read more here for details of witnesses.
FIA joins letter to Congress in support of R&D funding for fusion energy
A key committee in Congress has passed legislation investing in fusion research, and creating a new public-private partnership program
On Wednesday, July 28, the Senate voted to move in a bipartisan way to debate passage of an infrastructure package. The Fusion Industry Association and its member companies have made a clear case to Congress that supporting fusion energy is not just an investment in the future. Investing in fusion will create new, good jobs…