31 May 2026
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US energy company Commonwealth Fusion Systems just filed the first ever application to connect a fusion reactor to the US power grid. The catch? They haven’t actually made fusion work yet.

So is this the most premature regulatory filing in the history of energy – or the moment fusion finally stops being a punchline?

Thanks to Brandon, Co-Founder and CSO at Commonwealth for taking the time to talk with us!

0:00 – The World’s First Fusion Grid Connect
0:55 – Why is Fusion So Hard to Get Right?
3:10 – Ad Break
4:09 – Fusion’s Net Energy Gain Problem
6:46 – Why Fusion Reactors Have to Be So Big
8:56 – The Magnet Breakthrough That Changed Everything
11:06 – The Timeline to Fusion
12:30 – The First Ever Fusion Grid Application
13:47 – What Are Commonwealth Saying About Fusion?
17:20 – Conclusion: The Nature of Mythical Technologies

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