The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) imploded the smoke stacks at the Bull Run Fossil Plant in Claxton/Oak Ridge Saturday.

TVA retired the plant in 2023 after it was in service for 56 years.

TVA plans to repurpose the site to house a new fusion power plant prototype.

"It is known as a stellarator fusion machine, which uses magnetic fields to confine plasma in the shape of a donut, according to the Department of Energy."

Assuming there will be a Department of Energy by the time this administration is done. I'm surprised the link still works.

From the International Energy Forum, "How Close Are We To Unlocking The 'Limitless' Energy Of Nuclear Fusion?"

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project is a collaboration of 33 nations to build the world's largest tokamak, a magnetic fusion device that has been designed to prove the feasibility of fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy based on the same principle that powers our Sun and stars."

Yowza! Science is still alive, at least for now.