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I suspect the real value proposition from that MIT fusion spinoff is not fusion reactors, but high Tc superconducting magnets for non-fusion applications like MRI (or, perhaps, hybrid electric aircraft). These could be cooled with neon instead of helium, and neon is available forever as a byproduct of air separation plants.


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