Fusion News

China fusion update, tokamaks, JET, US progress


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Fusion News: January 10, 2024

Jasmine Mund, a graduate mechanical engineer, gives the first fusion news update of 2024. Links to all the stories mentioned are included below.

FIA 2024 Policy Conference - March 20-21, Washington DC:
https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/fia-annual-conference-2024/
China Seeks Nuclear Fusion Leap Through New R&D Company: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-02/china-seeks-nuclear-fusion-leap-through-new-r-d-company
2. Sustained 'Artificial Sun' Promised by 2026 in Fusion Energy Upgrade: https://www.newsweek.com/sustained-artificial-sun-fusion-energy-1857042
3. Opening the Magnetic Bottle of a Tokamak Causes Particles to Rush Inward: https://www.energy.gov/science/fes/articles/opening-magnetic-bottle-tokamak-causes-particles-rush-inward#:~:text=Opening%20the%20Magnetic%20Bottle%20of%20a%20Tokamak%20Causes%20Particles%20to%20Rush%20Inward,-January%202%2C%202024&text=The%20evolution%20over%20time%20of,reduce%2C%20and%20the%20density%20increases.
4. JET to be repurposed after delivering final plasma: https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newsjet-to-be-repurposed-after-delivering-final-plasma-11405916
5. US fusion energy dreams edge closer to reality, Congress permitting: https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/02/fusions_future_is_looking_bright/
Bonuses:
1. EU and Japan celebrate start of operations of the JT-60SA fusion reactor and reaffirm close cooperation on fusion energy: https://energy.ec.europa.eu/news/eu-and-japan-celebrate-start-operations-jt-60sa-fusion-reactor-and-reaffirm-close-cooperation-fusion-2023-12-01_en#:~:text=General%20for%20Energy-,EU%20and%20Japan%20celebrate%20start%20of%20operations%20of%20the%20JT,close%20cooperation%20on%20fusion%20energy&text=The%20EU%20and%20Japan%20have,located%20in%20Ibaraki%20Prefecture%2C%20Japan.
2. UKAEA awards £7.4m to develop lithium technologies for fusion: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukaea-awards-74m-to-develop-lithium-technologies-for-fusion#:~:text=UKAEA%20has%20awarded%20%C2%A37.4,sustainable%20fusion%20energy%20fuel%20cycle.&text=Lithium%20technologies%20are%20being%20developed,a%20fusion%20energy%20fuel%20cycle.
3. Inside the world's first reactor that will power Earth using the same nuclear reaction as the Sun: https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/12/26/inside-the-worlds-first-reactor-that-will-power-earth-using-the-same-nuclear-reaction-as-t
4. The need for fusion - with the UK Atomic Energy Authority: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_XZ-nh_Be4
5. Is nuclear fusion the future of clean energy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuOBR7t1mG8

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