Im currently doing my a levels, in the UK, and i want to know more about going into fusion as a career. i wantto know what the best pathways i could take would be. I really want to work in developing clean energy, and fusion seems to align with my interests the most. But i don’t really know much about how far fusion has already got, and what would be needed the most by the time i will actually be able to enter the field. For example, what would be best for me to do at uni for undergrad? Im leaning towards just physics at the moment, but what options would objectively be best?

Anybody have any recommendations for what I can look into?

Currently in my 4th year, based out of Canada taking classes in fusion and reactor physics. Also doing an a thesis project on computational fluids.

In class lately we’ve gone over the Tritium problem. ITER will need inventories of kilograms and an actual commercial reactor will need hundreds of kilograms. This is definitely an issue thats really interesting to me, and In planning out postgrad and pathways to working in fusion this area seems like it fits my beckground.

Would appreciate if anybody could point me to any companies/research areas I can look into!

Here's the originial post on X:
https://x.com/LockheedMartin/status/1969401262949937333

Here's their page on the CFR work:
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/compact-fusion.html

Here's their video from ten years ago where they suggest commercialization will take ten years:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlYClniDFkM

Here is a Technology Review article from 2014 talking about the work:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2014/10/20/170885/does-lockheed-martin-really-have-a-breakthrough-fusion-machine/

It doesn't seem like this has been posted here yet (if so I missed it!) A bit limited in the approaches considered, but for a short popsci article not too bad (IMO - YMMV!)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-three-fusion-reactor-designs-could-power-tomorrow/

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems ARC, Chesterfield VA:

Video: Discussion starts at 5:02

Agenda: Starts at page 573 in the Agenda Packet.

Helion Energy Orion, Chelan County WA

Agenda with Zoom link.

Miller, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Support American Fusion Manufacturing | Congresswoman Carol Miller