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Advancing Inertial Fusion Energy

The Inertial Fusion Science and Technology hub, known as RISE, is headquartered at Colorado State University. Our goal is to advance inertial fusion energy, or IFE, a power source that could one day dramatically reduce the carbon footprint of how energy is supplied globally.

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