Ep 124: Bob Mumgaard, Commonwealth Fusion

In this episode we discuss...


Bob’s background in fusion and personal journey in the
nuclear industry

Bob’s day-to-day as Chief Executive Officer at Commonwealth
Fusion Systems

Bob’s graduate work at MIT researching new technologies to
solve fundamental challenges with fusion

Superconductors, their applications, and how Bob has
significantly contributed to their productization

The mechanisms that enable superconductors to operate at very
high temperatures

Why only 3 of over 100,000 superconductors have been
commercialized

How collaboration between academics and industrialists is
helping to drive fusion technology into the marketplace

Bob’s mission to expedite superconductivity commercialization
so that it can be deployed globally