In an interview with the Associated Press (AP) in Vienna, Austria, where she is in Vienna for the 67th General Assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Granholm said that the US government wants to take advantage of nuclear fusion technology in the transition to clean energy and wants to build a nuclear fusion plant in the country within 10 years.

Stating that achieving Washington's vision of commercial nuclear fusion is a possibility, Granholm said that on the other hand, the government has initiated efforts to identify communities across the country that could agree to host temporary storage sites for radioactive waste released from existing nuclear fission (fission) facilities.

The US Energy Secretary said the Joe Biden administration may announce details of an $8 billion hydrogen hub program in October, aiming to reduce the price of clean hydrogen to $1 a pound within 10 years.

"Considering the heat waves the UK experienced this summer, it is clear that we need to speed up," Granholm said of the UK's decision to postpone the ban on the sale of gasoline and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035, noting that they are in favor of everyone moving as fast as possible for the transition to clean energy.

Nuclear fusion

Current nuclear reactors run on the energy released in nuclear fission, the splitting of atoms of a heavy element into lighter elements.

United States (US) Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced that her country aims to build a nuclear fusion power plant within 10 years.

In an interview with the Associated Press (AP) in Vienna, Austria, where she is in Vienna for the 67th General Assembly of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Granholm said that the US government wants to take advantage of nuclear fusion technology in the transition to clean energy and wants to build a nuclear fusion plant in the country within 10 years.

Stating that achieving Washington's vision of commercial nuclear fusion is a possibility, Granholm said that on the other hand, the government has initiated efforts to identify communities across the country that could agree to host temporary storage sites for radioactive waste from existing nuclear fission facilities.

The US Energy Secretary said the Joe Biden administration may announce details of an $8 billion hydrogen hub program in October, aiming to reduce the price of clean hydrogen to $1 a pound within 10 years.

"Considering the heat waves the UK experienced this summer, it is clear that we need to speed up," Granholm said of the UK's decision to postpone the ban on the sale of gasoline and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035, noting that they are in favor of everyone moving as fast as possible for the transition to clean energy.