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UK-based Tokamak Energy’s superconducting magnet system, which is being...
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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...
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...
