“Fusion, my original dream, what powers the stars and why I went to MIT, represents one of the most promising energy breakthroughs of our time, and facilities like DIII-D are helping turn decades of research into movement toward commercial power,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright. “The work underway at General Atomics is a strong example of how you drive fusion forward, bringing together world-class science and engineering to move long-standing scientific ambition to something we can realistically deliver, and it’s happening here in the United States.”