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France’s Orano, through its engineering subsidiary Orano Projets, has...
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US and UK form strategic partnership to advance fusion energy
Following talks in Washington between US Deputy Secretary of Energy David M Turk and the UK Minister for Nuclear & Networks, Andrew Bowie a new strategic partnership was established...
China ships last batch of magnet-supporting products to ITER
China has completed construction of the final batch of magnet-supporting products for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project under construction in France....
General Fusion and TRIUMF to cooperate on new LM26
Canada’s particle accelerator centre, TRIUMF and General Fusion, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that provides a framework for scientific and technical...
Japan's JT-60SA achieves first plasma
Japan's fusion power project has produced first plasma at the JT-60SA research facility, the National Institutes for Quantum Science & Technology (QST) reported. The research will...
Helical Fusion selected for Japanese grant
Helical Fusion Co Ltd has been selected by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology (MEXT) for its total JPY 6.5bn ($43m) Small Business...
California recognises fusion energy as distinct from nuclear fission
California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1172 into law, making California the first state in the US to recognise fusion energy as a separate and distinct technology...
Experiments end at JET after 40 years
The UK-based Joint European Torus (JET) fusion facility at Culham near Oxford has played a vital role in the development of fusion energy. However, at the end of 2023 JET will...
IAEA launches World Fusion Outlook 2023
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, during the opening day of the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC) in London, launched the...
IAEA’s 29th Fusion Energy Conference attracts 2000 participants
Opening the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 29th Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2023) in London, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi began by wishing a happy...
Construction of new fusion facility begins in Spain
Construction has started on the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-Demo Oriented NEutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) project in Granada, Spain. The facility will test...
Helion and Nucor announce collaboration on fusion
US fusion energy tech start-up Helion Energy Helion, a fusion power company, and Nucor Corporation, the largest steel producer and recycler in North America have agreed to develop a...
ITER reviews plans
The ITER Council Science & Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) recently met at the Headquarters of the ITER Organisation to review new plans for construction and operation proposed...
Tokamak Energy’s fusion magnet system passes cryogenic tests
UK-based Tokamak Energy’s superconducting magnet system, which is being built to replicate fusion energy power plant forces, has passed significant milestone cryogenic tests....
Russian scientists develop better protection for fusion reactor walls
Researchers at Russia’s AN Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry & Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCE-RAS) and the National Research Nuclear University...
UK joins Europe’s Horizon and Copernicus programmes
The UK Government announced that UK researchers can now apply for grants and bid to take part in projects under Europe’s Horizon science R&D programme. The UK will be participating as...
CNL and Kyoto Fusioneering partner to accelerate fusion fuel tech
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) have entered a Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) to accelerate the development and commercialization of...
More fusion progress for China
China's new-generation tokamak, Huanliu-3 (HL-3), has made significant progress operating in high-confinement mode (H mode) under a plasma current of 1 million amperes for the first...
MHI completes key component for ITER
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) has completed manufacture of the final toroidal field (TF) coil ordered by Japan's National Institutes for Quantum & Radiological Science...
Commonwealth Fusion awarded US DOE grants
The US Department of Energy’s Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) programme has awarded US-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) three new grants to fund research...
