A homecoming for fusion
Mataira says that, despite the first two people being able to achieve fusion in a lab being an Australian and a New Zealander, neither country has advanced the development of fusion machines over the following decades.
“Ever since kiwi tech contributed critically to Commonwealth Fusion System’s (CFS) early success, it was clear that they had deep physics and engineering expertise with HTS and its applications,” says Professor Dennis Whyte (not involved in OpenStar), former director of MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) and co-founder of CFS.