Fusion News

By Fusion Industry Association

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A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by young fusion researchers. Keep up to date with all the recent news in the industry in this one easy, fortnightly package. And look out for the bonus "Extra" deep-dives. Fusion News is also available as a video version for those who like pictures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQSc-BFbCpFJjhZldM3BOcQ

Episode Date
Laser-powered fusion, World's most powerful laser, Realta Fusion raises $36M
May 28, 2025
ITER completes super magnet; University of Texas solves fusion challenge; Fusion collaboration in Germany; Is China pulling ahead in fusion?
May 14, 2025
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
Apr 02, 2025
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
Mar 19, 2025
Proxima Fusion publishes plans for fusion power plant, WEST machine beats world record, Fusion doctoral trainings to begin this fall in the UK
Mar 05, 2025
Retired coal plant to become fusion facility, shared-flow-stabilized z pinches for stable thermal fusion, CNL expands clean energy siting to include fusion
Feb 19, 2025
Helion raises $425m for fusion machine, UKAEA invests £200m in fusion development, SMART tokamak advancement
Feb 05, 2025
Commonwealth Fusion Systems plans to build its first power plant in Virginia; UK funds fusion; production of fusion-grade steel at scale
Jan 22, 2025
Happy new year! 2024 recap
Jan 01, 2025
General Fusion achievement; China ships ITER modules; Researchers reveal mechanism of runaway electron generation; Tokamak Energy partners with UK and US governments
Dec 11, 2024
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
Nov 27, 2024
Tokamak Energy reveals pilot plant design details, Thales and Max Planck set a world record, DOE announces $30M for commercial fusion
Oct 30, 2024
Zap Energy's new fusion power prototype, big science spin-offs, Japan's tokamak sets world record
Oct 16, 2024
Marvel Fusion lands $70M, fusion fuel mix, researchers build AI model database to find new alloys for fusion facilities
Oct 02, 2024
Stellarator begins experiment, Chinese startup raise, D-T plasmas, TE Magnetics
Sep 18, 2024
China races to lead, STEP, INFUSE awards, UK startup and US collaboration
Sep 04, 2024
Bill Gates-backed startup gets new funding, South Korea investment, density limit, license obtained, UK prototype
Aug 14, 2024
CFS magnets to UW-Madison, China fusion development, China outspends US, industry growth
Jul 24, 2024
NSIRC and Lancaster University research, ITER toroidal field coils completed, ITER delay
Jul 10, 2024
Hybrid design, industry advances, plasma model, CNL initiative
Jun 26, 2024
White House deal, UKAEA framework, Xcimer, AI, DIII-D
Jun 12, 2024
Physicists overcome plasma hurdles, WEST record, UK search, G7
May 15, 2024
Record Z-pinch temperatures, MIT magnets, US bill, new plasma control, ITER equipment
May 01, 2024
Korea fusion record, US-Japan fusion partnership, funding, misinformation
Apr 17, 2024
Fusion plasma, magnets, industry breakthroughs and partnerships
Mar 20, 2024
China fusion update, tokamaks, JET, US progress
Jan 10, 2024
US to announce international fusion strategy at COP, EU includes fusion in net zero act, fusion company spotlight
Nov 29, 2023
First plasma at Japan's largest tokamak, public-private partnerships, UK & US partner for fusion
Nov 15, 2023
IAEA fusion initiative, Japan awards fusion firms funding, regulatory framework recommendations
Nov 01, 2023
NIF ignition (again!), potential discovery, JET experiments
Oct 18, 2023
Helion signs steelmaking agreement with Nucor, Zap Energy's fusion approach, German hearing on advancing fusion
Oct 04, 2023
New UK fusion program, Germany fusion funding announcement, machine-learning, and cryogenics
Sep 20, 2023
Chinese power firm, public-private collaboration, ITER wall testing underway
Sep 07, 2023
Fusion power breakthrough, DOE research funding, medical isotopes
Aug 23, 2023
Fusion regulation news, weather forecasting for understanding plasma, ceramic matrix composites, Japan adopots a nation fusion strategy and desktop fusion funded
May 09, 2023
The good tech awards, every fusion device, damage detection in superconductors, ITER delays
Jan 20, 2023
A BIG fusion announcement and our end of year wrap-up!
Dec 19, 2022
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
Dec 02, 2022
Russia send giant magnet, solving winter heating woes, magnets in fusion and fusion fantasy to reality
Nov 18, 2022
Tokamak Energy's next step, neutron-material interaction, gigantic fusion gun and General Atomics fusion power plant concept
Nov 04, 2022
Fed commit to fusion, West Burton A gets the go ahead, Z pinch gets closer, high-flux neutrons and Princeton scientists overcome more challenges
Oct 07, 2022
Thailand joins in, supercomputers enable more, tungsten-boron and £20billion job
Sep 09, 2022
Fusion News Summer Recap!
Aug 12, 2022
Fusion investment's new high, laser facility back to the drawing board, UKAEA-CFS agreement, Google and Chevron invest
Jul 31, 2022
Clean energy hope, chipping away at corrosion, UK leading the new era, MIT joining forces
Jun 17, 2022
Closer than ever, more power, Idaho's fusion project and robotic snakes
Jun 04, 2022
Tokamak energy calls for investment, STEP requiring cryogenic innovation, MIT expands research collaboration with CFS and an energy lifeline
May 20, 2022
HB11 to develop new laser, White House setting sights, harnessing machine learning and physics puzzle unravelled…
May 06, 2022
Laser fusion milestone, blue origin solution, diversity and inclusion and stellerators acting wild
Apr 08, 2022
White House fusion event, 100 million degrees, and a "Big Gun"
Mar 25, 2022
Perfomance of a fusion power plant, self-sustained divertor operation, innovative magnets and Energy Singularity
Mar 11, 2022
Major fusion breakthrough, AI in charge, stellerators renaissance, Frazer-Nash supports UKAEA
Feb 25, 2022
US project milestone, European giant joins fusion, Japanese start-up darling and fusion and net zero
Feb 11, 2022
Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Andrew Holland
Feb 04, 2022
South Korean spark, prototype compression success, general atomics returns and JET milestone
Jan 28, 2022
A breakthrough year for fusion, China breaks record, fusion energy excitement, private capital and the new age of nuclear fusion
Jan 14, 2022
A new era, awards for advancement, more join UKAEA, magnet breakthrough and more!
Dec 24, 2021
Almost $2bn in new fusion investment, edge shaping improves performance and more...
Dec 10, 2021
Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Annie Kritcher
Dec 03, 2021
Congress hear about fusion, China's new discovery, the chase for fusion energy and time to bet big!
Nov 26, 2021
Record fundraising, argon fluoride lasers, trans-pacific collaboration, fusion power in the 2030s
Nov 12, 2021
Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Fanny Fouin
Nov 05, 2021
Fusion towards the mainstream, commercial laser fusion, fusion in Scotland
Oct 29, 2021
UK’s fusion strategy, stellarator performance, good Finnish business and a fusion exhibition
Oct 15, 2021
Baseball backing, revolutionary magnet protection, new testing environment, moon mining and compact tokamak concepts!
Oct 02, 2021
CFS/MIT demonstration HTS magnet success, First Light Fusion, new Materials roadmap and more.
Sep 17, 2021
NIF near ignition, investors getting serious, fusion and climate, and supercomputer simulations
Sep 03, 2021
Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Derek Sutherland and Kyle Morgan
Aug 27, 2021
Helion prototype, gaming techniques for fusion, W7X stellarator efficiency, runaway electrons and fusion hotting up in Australia
Aug 20, 2021
Fusion News Summer Special!
Aug 06, 2021
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Jay Brister
Jul 30, 2021
Tokamak energy grows, EFS aneutronic fusion, €300million for fusion research, Altrad and Doosan Babcock support UKAEA, More students learn about fusion and more!
Jul 23, 2021
SHINE closes funding cycle, DOE INFUSE awards, Helion sets new private fusion record, and more
Jul 09, 2021
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Emre & Ella
Jul 02, 2021
General Fusion set for the UK, world’s heaviest magnet, “Big Gun” fusion shot and the STEP longlist
Jun 25, 2021
Plasma exhaust breakthrough, China’s new record, UK regulatory support for fusion innovation
Jun 11, 2021
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with...the Tokamak Energy HTS Magnet Team
Jun 04, 2021
New fusion gas gun, Zap Energy's latest funding, more magnets completed for ITER and how to be carbon free with fusion energy!
May 28, 2021
Mind-boggling magnets, covid delays, MIT’s fusion culture, Ghana and nuclear, FIA news
May 14, 2021
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Artem Smirnov
May 07, 2021
30th April 2021
Apr 30, 2021
16th April 2021
Apr 16, 2021
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Warren McKenzie
Apr 09, 2021
2nd April 2021
Apr 02, 2021
19th March 2021
Mar 19, 2021
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Lorne Horton
Mar 12, 2021
5th March 2021
Mar 05, 2021
19th February 2021
Feb 19, 2021
Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Dr. Alex Creely
Feb 12, 2021
5th February 2021
Feb 05, 2021
January 22nd 2021
Jan 22, 2021
January 8th 2021
Jan 08, 2021
December 18th 2020
Dec 18, 2020
December 4th 2020
Dec 04, 2020
November 18th 2020
Dec 03, 2020
November 4th 2020
Dec 03, 2020