DIVISION 14.5. Blue Ribbon Committee for the Rehabilitation of Clear Lake 22085-22092›CHAPTER 19. Fusion Research and Development Innovation Initiative 25997-25997.7
§ 25997
California Public Resources Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · California
For purposes of this chapter, all of the following definitions apply:
(a) “Financial incentive” includes a contract, grant, loan, or other appropriate funding mechanism.
(b) “Fusion” means a reaction in which at least one heavier, more stable nucleus is produced from at least one lighter, less stable nucleus, typically through high temperatures and pressures, and emitting energy as a result.
(c) “Fusion energy” means the product of fusion reactions inside a fusion device that is used to generate electricity or other commercially usable forms of energy.
(d) “Initiative” means the Fusion Research and Development Innovation Initiative established pursuant to Section 25997.1.
(Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 334, Sec. 2. (SB 80) Effective January 1, 2026. Conditionally operative on date prescribed by Section 25997.5. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, pursuant to Section 25997.7.)
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