The Science and Politics of The Fusion Energy Breakthrough

A new scientific breakthrough in nuclear power, with political and economic implications, could completely change the course of our energy future. On Today's Show: Arthur Turrell , deputy director for research and economics at the U.K.'s Office for National Statistics (ONS) Data Science Campus, a visitor to the plasma physics group at Imperial College London and the author of The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet (Scribner, 2021), talks about the reports of a breakthrough in the pursuit of nuclear fusion which promises a cleaner source of energy.