Companies say they’re closing in on nuclear fusion as an energy source. Will it work?

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Inside a warehouse in Everett, Wash. the commercial fusion company Helion is building a next-generation device that it believes can revolutionize the electricity business. Geoff Brumfiel/NPR

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In a gleaming warehouse complex north of Seattle, David Kirtley is building what he hopes will be the future of power generation.

Standing in front of a set of aluminum coils that look like an advanced engine for some yet-to-be-built starship, Kirtley makes the case for his project that he’s made to venture capital firms and

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