1.0Foro Nuclearhttps://www.foronuclear.org/en/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nSLGloZw1W"><a href="https://www.foronuclear.org/en/sector-values/featured-voices/pablo-rodriguez-fernandez/">Pablo Rodríguez Fernández</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.foronuclear.org/en/sector-values/featured-voices/pablo-rodriguez-fernandez/embed/#?secret=nSLGloZw1W" width="600" height="338" title="“Pablo Rodríguez Fernández” — Foro Nuclear" data-secret="nSLGloZw1W" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.foronuclear.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.foronuclear.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Pablo-Rodriguez-3-scaled.jpg25601920Pablo Rodríguez Fernández is a research scientist at the  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Plasma Science and Fusion Center. He has received numerous awards for his academic excellence and is the only under-30 Spaniard who made the Forbes list in 2021. He works in Boston, USA, in nuclear fusion projects, including SPARC, an experiment involving high-temperature superconductors that will allow to build more compact, cheaper reactors for future commercial use. In his opinion, it will be possible to have a pilot nuclear fusion plant in 15 years. In this interview he assures that "renewables, fusion and fission will coexist," and although he is optimistic he believes that "the biggest challenge for fusion is its technical viability, and especially its economic viability."