SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #BCTF–General Atomics (GA) announced today that the company is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop design concepts for a facility dedicated to testing full-scale fusion power-plant “blankets,” a critical system that has never been tested at this scale. A new Fusion Blanket Component Test Facility (BCTF) would enable scientists and engineers to evaluate integrated fusion blanket systems. These systems use specialized lithium-based materials—sol