Coal Power Plant Demolished For Nuclear Fusion Prototype - CleanTechnica

The article reports on the demolition of the Bull Run Fossil Plant, an 864 MWe coal power plant commissioned in 1967 and located in the U.S., to make way for a nuclear fusion prototype. The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) decided to retire the plant due to high operational costs and low capacity factors, officially shutting it down on December 1, 2023. Demolition began in early 2025 and will continue into early 2026, with specialists hired by TVA handling the process. The new project involves constructing the Infinity One stellarator fusion device within the existing Turbine Hall and adjacent areas, creating several hundred construction jobs. The Infinity One stellarator serves as a design verification device for the larger Infinity Two fusion power plant, which is concurrently being designed. While Infinity One will not produce net energy, Infinity Two is expected to generate 300-350 MWe of net electricity and aims to compete economically with traditional coal and natural gas plants on a levelized cost