Dr Ratu Mataira: OpenStar Technologies CEO on the company's nuclear fusion developments

from Matt Heath & Tyler Adams Afternoons · host Newstalk ZB

Wellington-based start-up OpenStar is looking to make changes in the world of clean energy, and they've gotten financial support from the Government. They’ve successfully levitated a half tonne superconducting magnet, confining a cloud of ultra-hot plasma - which will help ultimately produce carbon-free energy. OpenStar Technologies CEO Dr Ratu Mataira joined the Afternoons team to explain further. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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