EPISODE · Mar 5, 2021 · 8 MIN
5th March 2021
from Fusion News · host Fusion Industry Association
US power plant plans, fuel test-run, oversubscribed fundraise and HTS magnet licence agreement. A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Paul Barron, a PhD student at the University of Manchester. Links to all the articles mentioned are below for further reading. Fusion news stories discussed: 1. Road map to U.S. fusion power plant comes into clearer focus—sort of https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/road-map-us-fusion-power-plant-comes-clearer-focus-sort 2. Fuel for world’s largest fusion reactor ITER is set for test run https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00408-1 3. Hydrogen fusion startup HB11 Energy hits $4.8m in oversubscribed pre-seed raise https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/hydrogen-fusion-startup-hb11-energy-hits--4-8m-in-oversubscribed-pre-seed-raise.html 4. Tokamak Energy and Paul Scherrer Institute sign a collaboration and license agreement for HTS magnet technology https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/tokamak-energy-and-paul-scherrer-institute-sign-a-collaboration-and-license-agreement-for-hts-magnet-technology-845108777.html Bonus content: 1. Scientists use supercomputers to study reliable fusion reactor design, operation https://phys.org/news/2021-02-scientists-supercomputers-reliable-fusion-reactor.html 2. Carbon Capture, Hydrogen, Fission Or Fusion: Which Can Take Us To Net-Zero By 2050? https://www.forbes.com/sites/walvanlierop/2021/02/25/carbon-capture-hydrogen-fission-or-fusion-which-can-take-us-to-net-zero-by-2050/ 3. Nuclear fusion: building a star on Earth is hard, which is why we need better materials https://theconversation.com/nuclear-fusion-building-a-star-on-earth-is-hard-which-is-why-we-need-better-materials-155917
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US power plant plans, fuel test-run, oversubscribed fundraise and HTS magnet licence agreement. A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Paul Barron, a PhD student at the University of Manchester. Links to all the articles mentioned are below for further reading. Fusion news stories discussed: 1. Road map to U.S. fusion power plant comes into clearer focus—sort of https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/02/road-map-us-fusion-power-plant-comes-clearer-focus-sort 2. Fuel for world’s largest fusion reactor ITER is set for test run https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00408-1 3. Hydrogen fusion startup HB11 Energy hits $4.8m in oversubscribed pre-seed raise https://www.businessnewsaustralia.com/articles/hydrogen-fusion-startup-hb11-energy-hits--4-8m-in-oversubscribed-pre-seed-raise.html 4. Tokamak Energy and Paul Scherrer Institute sign a collaboration and license agreement for HTS magnet technology https://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/tokamak-energy-and-paul-scherrer-institute-sign-a-collaboration-and-license-agreement-for-hts-magnet-technology-845108777.html Bonus content: 1. Scientists use supercomputers to study reliable fusion reactor design, operation https://phys.org/news/2021-02-scientists-supercomputers-reliable-fusion-reactor.html 2. Carbon Capture, Hydrogen, Fission Or Fusion: Which Can Take Us To Net-Zero By 2050? https://www.forbes.com/sites/walvanlierop/2021/02/25/carbon-capture-hydrogen-fission-or-fusion-which-can-take-us-to-net-zero-by-2050/ 3. Nuclear fusion: building a star on Earth is hard, which is why we need better materials https://theconversation.com/nuclear-fusion-building-a-star-on-earth-is-hard-which-is-why-we-need-better-materials-155917
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