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Akash Singh, an Indian-origin entrepreneur based out of Silicon Valley, is all set to venture into nuclear fusion by early next year. Singh is working on ‘Project Sanlayan’, which is supported by a team of international investors. This was revealed at the Bihar Science Conference held early this month. Startup plans nuclear fusion plant The project, which will be a first-of-its-kind initiative by any public or private entity in India, aims to commercialise nuclear fusion for power production by 2035. The location for setting up the project in India, however, is yet to be finalised. “Our objective is to start a nuclear fusion R&D plant in India in early 2021. We want to use the clean energy which will be highly useful for peaceful purposes in India and around the world,” Singh said, It assumes significance as the people around the world are still working on such projects and they are likely to become operational in a minimum 15 years from now. For example, the UK government plans to...