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[Ivy Matt]

NBC News has an article on the latest EMC2 results:

For years, EMC2 Fusion Development Corp. has had to conduct its research into what’s known as Polywell fusion outside public view because the Navy wanted it that way. Now the Navy is phasing out its funding, and EMC2 Fusion is planning a three-year, $30 million commercial research program to see if its unorthodox approach can provide a fast track to cheap nuclear fusion power.

EMC2 is looking for private investment now. The way I read the article, if they get the funding they need, they’ll attempt to achieve net gain around 2017. They don’t rule out aneutronic fusion, but if their investors want them to go for DD or even DT first, that’s what they’ll go for.