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US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm plans to join elected officials and state policy leaders at a ribbon-cutting event in Devens, where Commonwealth Fusion Systems plans to build “a compact fusion device that will prove fusion can work as a commercial energy source for the first time in history.”
Congresswoman Lori Trahan, whose district includes the former Fort Devens military base converted into a hub for development, will host Granholm alongside Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, US Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper and Economic Development Secretary Yvonne Hao. Bob Mumgaard, the CEO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, also plans to attend.
“I look forward to welcoming Secretary Granholm to the Third District to showcase the groundbreaking work being done at Commonwealth Fusion Systems,” Trahan, who co-chairs the Bipartisan Fusion Energy Caucus, said in a statement. “This facility in Devens is key in unlocking low cost, carbon free fusion energy that will revolutionize energy as we know it — and they’re doing it while creating good paying, family-sustaining manufacturing jobs in the process."
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