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Russian specialists test prototype of wall panel for ITER
Specialists at Russia’s DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA, part of Rosatom) in St Petersburg have begun acceptance tests of the full-scale prototype panel for...
General Fusion to build new fusion demo machine
Canada’s General Fusion has announced plans to build a new Magnetised Target Fusion (MTF) machine at the company’s new Richmond headquarters. The MTF is designed to achieve...
Colorado State University and Marvel Fusion to build laser facility
The USA's Colorado State University (CSU) and German laser fusion developer Marvel Fusion have established a public-private partnership to support construction of a $150m high-power...
Tractebel working with First Light on fusion
Tractebel and First Light Fusion have signed a framework agreement to provide specialist engineering expertise for the development of First Light’s Machine 4 (M4) in Oxford, UK.
Tokamak Energy and Sumitomo to accelerate fusion
Tokamak Energy and Sumitomo Corporation have signed a collaboration agreement to develop, implement and scale-up commercial fusion energy in Japan and beyond.
Fusion industry investment exceeds $6bn
The Fusion Industry Association (FIA) has released its third annual fusion industry report, “The Global Fusion Industry in 2023”. The fusion industry has now attracted a total of...
Key component removed from ITER for essential repairs
A key component of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), under construction in France has been removed for essential repairs. The first of nine sector modules...
Record breaking run for DIII-D National Fusion Facility
The US DIII-D National Fusion Facility has completed a two-year research campaign, which included a record-breaking 1,600 hours of plasma research as part of 140 ground-breaking...
Russia’s NIIEFA tests Japanese component for ITER
Russia’s DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA, part of Rosatom) says a Japanese test assembly has completed testing for the International Thermonuclear...
Supercomputing and AI to create digital twin of STEP fusion power plant
Collaboration between the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), Dell Technologies, Intel and the University of Cambridge is underway to advance the development of the...
ITER delays update on project's timeline
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Council has postponed for a year any announcement on its updated timeline for the project but proposed a number of...
Focused Energy raises funds to advance laser fusion
Germany-based startup Focused Energy has raised an additional $11m in Series A funding, bringing total funding to $82m. Focused Energy, spun off from the Technical University of...
Transatlantic partnership to advance interstellar fusion travel
UK-based Pulsar Fusion has entered into a partnership with US Princeton Satellite Systems (PSS) to apply machine learning to study data from the Princeton field-reverse...
UKAEA awards contracts for fusion energy development
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded contracts worth £6.8m ($8.5m) in total to seven organisations to develop their innovative solutions and technologies to...
More US DOE funding for commercial fusion
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced US$46M in funding for eight companies proposing designs and research & development for fusion power plants. This funding from...
General Atomics and Tokamak Energy to collaborate on advancing high temperature superconducting magnet technologies
US-based General Atomics (GA) and UK-based Tokamak Energy Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for collaboration in the area of High Temperature Superconducting...
Doosan Enerbility ships pressuriser to ITER
South Korean company Doosan Enerbility has shipped a pressuriser to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) under construction at Saint-Paul-les-Durance in...
Proxima Fusion raises funds for fusion plant development
Munich-based start-up Proxima Fusion says it has completed its Pre-Seed fundraising of €7m ($7.48m) to support fusion power plant development based on the stellarator concept....
First Light Fusion secures grant for ambitious five-year program
UK-based First Light Fusion, founded in 2011 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford, has been awarded a £6m ($7.4m) grant from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research...
