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When, if ever, will nuclear fusion reach its first commercial year of electricity generation?

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No fusion facility has ever delivered net electricity to a public grid; the closest milestones (JET, NIF) are laboratory scientific achievements, not commercial power plants. 1
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The commissioning of the first fusion power plant that sells electricity to a grid would resolve this. 1
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Nuclear engineering, energy policy 1
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No fusion facility has ever delivered net electricity to a public grid; the closest milestones (JET, NIF) are laboratory scientific achievements, not commercial power plants.

What would resolve this The commissioning of the first fusion power plant that sells electricity to a grid would resolve this.
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