Technology8 Apr 2026SEO 881 min read

Analysis: How nuclear batteries could speed the race to fusion power

Fusion power has always been a bit of a contradiction. The fusion part is actually kind of easy — an undergrad recently built a simple fusion device in his bed…

Fusion power has always been a bit of a contradiction. The fusion part is actually kind of easy — an undergrad recently built a simple fusion device in his bedroom, for example — but getting electricity out of the reaction isn’t. “A fusion reactor that makes power — and there’s plenty of those, they already exist,” Daniel Velásquez, materials science lead at Avalanche Energy , told TechCrunch. “A fusion reactor that makes electricity is better.” That’s where the nascent industry remains stuck.…

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