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Fusion News — 125 episodes
Kyoto Fusioneering brings UNITY-3 to Tennessee; TAE secures helium-3 supply; MIT develops fusion economics framework; MAST Upgrade hits milestones; Fuse sets neutron yield record
Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises $1B; Thea Energy Wins $20M DOE Award; Europe Delivers JT-60SA Fuel; DOE Launches Genesis Mission Awards; UKAEA Expands Fusion Education
Fusion industry funding hits an annual record; General Fusion enters the stock market; Quantum computers work to solve fuel challenge
US fusion startup makes history by converting plasma energy directly into electricity; UKAEA and Eni launch RH3OVA to advance fusion industry; General Fusion targets Italy
UK and Japan deepen fusion cooperation with new agreement; Helion clears key regulatory milestone for Orion power plant; First Light Fusion recreates orbital impact velocities
Record funding for European fusion; world's largest privately owned laser just turned on; Thea Energy raises $100M in new funding
CFS and Singapore's A*STAR to develop tech for commercial fusion plants; Thea Energy announces operation of full-scale planar shaping coils; NIF researchers project over 10x increase in fusion yields
British-US consortium to build UK fusion plant; Commonwealth Fusion Systems applies to join grid; European fusion CEOs call for EU fusion strategy
Proxima’s stellarator fusion machine; UKAEA invests in First Light Fusion; $95M magnet deal with Tokamak Energy moves UK closer to fusion power plant
ARPA-E Announces Record Fusion Investment; Realta Fusion Secures HTS Magnet Supply
UK fusion strategy revealed; OpenAI in talks with Helion; EU invests €330 million in fusion; Novatron advances Nordic fusion plans
First Light validates tritium breeding; US takes step to solidify rules on fusion energy
Major advance at fusion startup OpenStar in New Zealand; China passes fusion barrier; Japan-based Helical Fusion completes ‘one-of-a-kind’ coil manufacturing machine
Fusion Startup Inertia Raises $450 Million; Pacific Fusion finds cheaper path forward; Helion reaches 150 million degrees Celsius
General Fusion goes public; EU lawmakers back fusion declaration; ‘High-power’ microwaves for fusion
EAST breaks limit, Fusion magnet installation, AI speeds tokamak design, Pilot plant certified by DOE, TAE merges with TMTG
Fusion News - Top Stories of 2025
TAE & UKAEA partner up; Kyoto Fusioneering completes conceptual design for “FAST”; ITER adds third sector module into tokamak pit
Zap Energy fusion device generates huge pressure; Tokamak Energy magnet breakthrough; fusion dialogues from COP30
Germany announces major fusion investments; U.S. think tank calls for one-time $10 billion injection into fusion; AI betting big on fusion
U.S. Department of Energy releases fusion roadmap; CFS-Google DeepMind partnership; Nordic study of siting a fusion power plant
'It's a matter of when, not if, fusion comes online'; Eni inks power purchase agreement with CFS
General Atomics completes ITER magnet; DOE announces funding to advance fusion leadership; study shows Super-X design results for handling hot exhaust
Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises $863 million; New fusion company is launched; Fusion funding and power purchase agreements ramp up
Marathon Fusion claims it can turn mercury into gold with fusion reactions; AI enabling fusion systems improvement
Helion Energy starts fusion power plant construction; Germany advances fusion plans in High-Tech Agenda; Avalanche Energy hits milestone for fusion machine development
EU Fusion Funding; FIA EU Position Paper; Google buys Fusion Power; $180m for Fusion; Funding for steady-state fusion
UK invests £2.5bn, Proxima raises $148m, and plasma code cracked
TAE Technologies raises $150m, Fusion Supply Chain spending almost doubles in 2024, Wendelstein 7-X sets new performance records
Laser-powered fusion, World's most powerful laser, Realta Fusion raises $36M
ITER completes super magnet; University of Texas solves fusion challenge; Fusion collaboration in Germany; Is China pulling ahead in fusion?
US firm unveils 350MW stellarator design; CFS hits key machine construction milestone; Marvel Fusion secures €113 million; Germany plans 1 GW fusion facility; Thea Energy simplifies fusion
UKAEA and Eni unite for worlds largest fusion fuel facility; US to test 'fusion blanket'; General Fusion's first plasma in cutting edge fusion machine; Virginia governor urges US fusion development
Proxima Fusion publishes plans for fusion power plant, WEST machine beats world record, Fusion doctoral trainings to begin this fall in the UK
Retired coal plant to become fusion facility, shared-flow-stabilized z pinches for stable thermal fusion, CNL expands clean energy siting to include fusion
Helion raises $425m for fusion machine, UKAEA invests £200m in fusion development, SMART tokamak advancement
Commonwealth Fusion Systems plans to build its first power plant in Virginia; UK funds fusion; production of fusion-grade steel at scale
Happy new year! 2024 recap
General Fusion achievement; China ships ITER modules; Researchers reveal mechanism of runaway electron generation; Tokamak Energy partners with UK and US governments
Fusion startup lands $900M in funding; Japan launches FAST fusion project; NYT covers why fusion is moving fast; Tokamak Energy raises $125M; OpenStar achieves first plasma
Tokamak Energy reveals pilot plant design details, Thales and Max Planck set a world record, DOE announces $30M for commercial fusion
Zap Energy's new fusion power prototype, big science spin-offs, Japan's tokamak sets world record
Marvel Fusion lands $70M, fusion fuel mix, researchers build AI model database to find new alloys for fusion facilities
Stellarator begins experiment, Chinese startup raise, D-T plasmas, TE Magnetics
China races to lead, STEP, INFUSE awards, UK startup and US collaboration
Bill Gates-backed startup gets new funding, South Korea investment, density limit, license obtained, UK prototype
CFS magnets to UW-Madison, China fusion development, China outspends US, industry growth
NSIRC and Lancaster University research, ITER toroidal field coils completed, ITER delay
Hybrid design, industry advances, plasma model, CNL initiative
White House deal, UKAEA framework, Xcimer, AI, DIII-D
Physicists overcome plasma hurdles, WEST record, UK search, G7
Record Z-pinch temperatures, MIT magnets, US bill, new plasma control, ITER equipment
Korea fusion record, US-Japan fusion partnership, funding, misinformation
Fusion plasma, magnets, industry breakthroughs and partnerships
China fusion update, tokamaks, JET, US progress
US to announce international fusion strategy at COP, EU includes fusion in net zero act, fusion company spotlight
First plasma at Japan's largest tokamak, public-private partnerships, UK & US partner for fusion
IAEA fusion initiative, Japan awards fusion firms funding, regulatory framework recommendations
NIF ignition (again!), potential discovery, JET experiments
Helion signs steelmaking agreement with Nucor, Zap Energy's fusion approach, German hearing on advancing fusion
New UK fusion program, Germany fusion funding announcement, machine-learning, and cryogenics
Chinese power firm, public-private collaboration, ITER wall testing underway
Fusion power breakthrough, DOE research funding, medical isotopes
Fusion regulation news, weather forecasting for understanding plasma, ceramic matrix composites, Japan adopots a nation fusion strategy and desktop fusion funded
The good tech awards, every fusion device, damage detection in superconductors, ITER delays
A BIG fusion announcement and our end of year wrap-up!
UK fusion start-up plans reactor, TAE win CalCompetes Grant, BEIS commit £120million, CNL and First Light partner up and tripling the fusion energy product
Russia send giant magnet, solving winter heating woes, magnets in fusion and fusion fantasy to reality
Tokamak Energy's next step, neutron-material interaction, gigantic fusion gun and General Atomics fusion power plant concept
Fed commit to fusion, West Burton A gets the go ahead, Z pinch gets closer, high-flux neutrons and Princeton scientists overcome more challenges
Thailand joins in, supercomputers enable more, tungsten-boron and £20billion job
Fusion News Summer Recap!
Fusion investment's new high, laser facility back to the drawing board, UKAEA-CFS agreement, Google and Chevron invest
Clean energy hope, chipping away at corrosion, UK leading the new era, MIT joining forces
Closer than ever, more power, Idaho's fusion project and robotic snakes
Tokamak energy calls for investment, STEP requiring cryogenic innovation, MIT expands research collaboration with CFS and an energy lifeline
HB11 to develop new laser, White House setting sights, harnessing machine learning and physics puzzle unravelled…
Laser fusion milestone, blue origin solution, diversity and inclusion and stellerators acting wild
White House fusion event, 100 million degrees, and a "Big Gun"
Perfomance of a fusion power plant, self-sustained divertor operation, innovative magnets and Energy Singularity
Major fusion breakthrough, AI in charge, stellerators renaissance, Frazer-Nash supports UKAEA
US project milestone, European giant joins fusion, Japanese start-up darling and fusion and net zero
Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Andrew Holland
South Korean spark, prototype compression success, general atomics returns and JET milestone
A breakthrough year for fusion, China breaks record, fusion energy excitement, private capital and the new age of nuclear fusion
A new era, awards for advancement, more join UKAEA, magnet breakthrough and more!
Almost $2bn in new fusion investment, edge shaping improves performance and more...
Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Annie Kritcher
Congress hear about fusion, China's new discovery, the chase for fusion energy and time to bet big!
Record fundraising, argon fluoride lasers, trans-pacific collaboration, fusion power in the 2030s
Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Fanny Fouin
Fusion towards the mainstream, commercial laser fusion, fusion in Scotland
UK’s fusion strategy, stellarator performance, good Finnish business and a fusion exhibition
Baseball backing, revolutionary magnet protection, new testing environment, moon mining and compact tokamak concepts!
CFS/MIT demonstration HTS magnet success, First Light Fusion, new Materials roadmap and more.
NIF near ignition, investors getting serious, fusion and climate, and supercomputer simulations
Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Derek Sutherland and Kyle Morgan
Helion prototype, gaming techniques for fusion, W7X stellarator efficiency, runaway electrons and fusion hotting up in Australia
Fusion News Summer Special!
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Jay Brister
Tokamak energy grows, EFS aneutronic fusion, €300million for fusion research, Altrad and Doosan Babcock support UKAEA, More students learn about fusion and more!
SHINE closes funding cycle, DOE INFUSE awards, Helion sets new private fusion record, and more
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Emre & Ella
General Fusion set for the UK, world’s heaviest magnet, “Big Gun” fusion shot and the STEP longlist
Plasma exhaust breakthrough, China’s new record, UK regulatory support for fusion innovation
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with...the Tokamak Energy HTS Magnet Team
New fusion gas gun, Zap Energy's latest funding, more magnets completed for ITER and how to be carbon free with fusion energy!
Mind-boggling magnets, covid delays, MIT’s fusion culture, Ghana and nuclear, FIA news
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Artem Smirnov
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Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Warren McKenzie
2nd April 2021
19th March 2021
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Lorne Horton
5th March 2021
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Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Dr. Alex Creely
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