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  1. Melanie Windridge

    1. Melanie Windridge is UK director of the Fusion Industry Association and founder of Fusion Energy Insights, based in London.

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The Star Builders: Nuclear Fusion and the Race to Power the Planet Arthur Turrell Scribner (2021)

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Nature 596, 341-342 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02203-4

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  • Correction 23 August 2021: An earlier version of this book review erroneously stated that Jonathan Carling had left Tokamak Energy; in fact, he has just stepped down as chief executive.

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M.W. acts as a consultant for Tokamak Energy, one of the private companies featured in the book, and is UK director of the Fusion Industry Association (consultant rather than employee), which is the organization that represents private fusion companies.

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