Fusion Forward

1. Episode · Aug 20, 2026

   The Superconductor Bottleneck Standing Between Us and Commercial Fusion (opens the original)

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   High-temperature superconductors (HTS) are looking like they will become one of the most important materials in the energy transition. In this episode of Fusion Forward, we sit down with Sergey Samoilenkov, Director of Strategy and Business Development at Faraday Factory Japan, to trace the story of HTS from the pioneering experiments conducted at IBM’s Zurich laboratory in the 1980s to its role as a critical input for commercial fusion today. We cover: The 1986 discovery that broke the "rules"

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2. Episode · Jul 20, 2026

   Why Fusion Can't Afford to Repeat Clean Energy's Deployment Mistakes (opens the original)

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   What does it actually take to get fusion from the lab to the grid, and who's thinking about deployment before the tech is even ready? In this episode, Alex Borovskis sits down with Dr. Guinevere Shaw to explore the commercial and investment realities facing the fusion industry. With over six years at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Fusion Energy Sciences, where she oversaw the Fusion Nuclear Science and Enabling R&D portfolio, Guinevere brings a rare perspective that bridges de

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