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Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Eni agree on fusion commercialisation
US-based Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) and Italy’s Eni have signed a strategic framework agreement to advance commercialisation of fusion energy. This new multi-year...
UKAEA partners with Oak Ridge National Laboratory on fusion
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has embarked on a five-year partnership with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This...
UKAEA partners with University of Sheffield to develop fusion technology
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Sheffield have entered a partnership intended to spur the development of fusion technology and support the...
UKAEA awards contracts to boost UK fusion industry
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has awarded contracts to 18 organisations to demonstrate how their innovative technologies and proposed solutions can help...
South Korea plans to build fusion reactor after 2035
South Korea has begun preparations to begin building a nuclear fusion reactor after 2035. It aims to produce electric power around 2050 in a bid to keep up with the...
Successful fusion experiments at Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X
After successful recommissioning in autumn 2022, the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator fusion device at Germany's Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) has achieved some...
Clean plasma demonstrated at JET
Experiments conducted at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA’s) Joint European Torus (JET) in Culham have managed to achieve “clean” plasma by creating a heat barrier.
Holtec manufactures key component for US fusion reactor
US-based Holtec International has completed the fabrication and delivery of a critical component for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s (PPPL’s) fusion research. The Centre...
UKAEA and University of Birmingham to co-operate on fusion materials
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the University of Birmingham have agreed to co-operate in the development of materials for fusion reactors. Materials are required with...
UK establishes new body to deliver its fusion programme
UK Science Minister George Freeman has announced the establishment of a new organisation to deliver the UK’s fusion programme. UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd (UKIFS) will deliver...
Tokamak Energy builds super magnets
UK-based Tokamak Energy has built the first set of new generation high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets to be assembled and tested in fusion power plant-relevant scenarios....
Fusion progress in Russia
The GI Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (INP SB RAS) has succeeded in increasing the plasma density by 1.5 times in its...
Renaissance Fusion raises funds to build nuclear fusion technology in Europe
French start-up Renaissance Fusion based in Grenoble and Houston has raised $16.4m in funding in a seed round led by Lowercarbon Capital. Renaissance Fusion, founded in 2019 by...
Metal alloys to support nuclear fusion energy
Scientists at the US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) are investigating tungsten heavy alloys...
First Light Fusion to build demonstration facility at UKAEA's Culham Campus
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and First Light Fusion have signed an agreement for a facility to house First Light’s Machine 4 at UKAEA’s Culham Campus in Oxfordshire....
Approval granted for General Fusion’s demonstration project
Construction is expected to begin this year of General Fusion’s demonstration project at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA's) Culham Campus after South Oxfordshire District...
Work underway to address ITER’s technical problems
Work is underway to address defects which were identified in two key tokamak components during assembly of the ITER fusion reactor in France.
Furukawa to supply specialist tape to Tokamak Energy
Tokamak Energy has signed an agreement for the supply of specialist high temperature superconducting (HTS) tape with Japan’s Furukawa Electric Group. Tokamak Energy, based near Oxford,...
Chinese EAST tokamak achieves improved plasma retention
The new improved plasma retention mode has been demonstrated at the Experiment Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), according to the Hafei Institute of Physical Sciences of...
