China aims to switch on world’s first fusion-fission power plant by 2030

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China is poised to start building the world’s first fusion-fission hybrid [power plant](https://www.scmp.com/topics/energy?module=inline&pgtype=article), with the goal of generating 100 megawatts of continuous electricity and connecting to the grid by the end of the decade.

The 20 billion yuan (US$2.76 billion) Xinghuo high-temperature superconducting reactor has entered its first phase with a public tender for an environmental impact assessment, according to [zbytb.com](http://zbytb.com), a platform that aggregates bidding and procurement information in China.

The facility will be built on Yaohu Science Island in the hi-tech zone of Nanchang, Jiangxi province, in central China, according to the tender. The environmental report will include baseline studies, impact evaluations on air, water, noise and ecology, as well as risk analyses, pollution control measures and monitoring plans.

Xinghuo, or spark, comes from the Mao Zedong quote: “A single spark can start a prairie fire.”

SCMP stopped being a credible source years ago. China can “aim” to do anything just as much as a five year old kid can.