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by dotBen 1136 days ago
DOE also covers domestic nuclear power generation

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_...

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And the NRC regulates civilian nuclear reactors. Recently, the NRC commissioners unanimously decided to regulate fusion reactors like particle accelerators rather than like fission reactors, which is very favorable to rapidly building out fusion reactors once they become available.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/20/nuclear-fusion-will-not-be-r...