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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... Lorne Horton

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Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Dr. Alex Creely

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