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A Nobel laureate unveils a uranium-free laser-fusion plant

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Blue-LED Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura unveiled a laser-fusion plant aiming for a one-gigawatt uranium-free pilot near Santa Barbara by 2032.

Reported metric: 1 GW by 2032

Reporting date: 2026-07-08 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 8, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A Nobel laureate unveils a uranium-free laser-fusion plant
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Reporting date: 2026-07-08
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-08-a-uranium-free-laser-fusion-pilot
Claim: Blue-LED Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura unveiled a laser-fusion plant aiming for a one-gigawatt uranium-free pilot near Santa Barbara by 2032.
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- Welcome to July 8, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-8-2026
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