Fusion News

By Fusion Industry Association

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 t... more

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November 27, 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
November 27, 2024
Fusion News

Dr. Cyd Cowley, working at the intersection of fusion and AI at FIA affiliate member digiLab, gives today's global fusion news update. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Nuclear Startup Pacific Fusion Nabs $900 Million in Funding
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-25/nuclear-startup-pacific-fusion-raises-900-million-in-funding
2. Japan launches FAST fusion power project
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/japan-launches-fast-fusion-power-project/
3. The Quest to Build a Star on Earth
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/15/climate/fusion-energy.html?smid=url-share
4. Limitless fusion power: Tokamak Energy heats up with $125M from investors including British Patient Capital
https://techfundingnews.com/tokamak-energy-8m-investment-fusion-limitless-fusion-power/
5. Nuclear fusion start-up claims milestone with unconventional reactor
https://www.ft.com/content/69ac41e6-36ad-41b7-92f3-25198a338c0f
Bonus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq68cV7HAIg

You can watch this episode on YouTube:
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October 30, 2024 Tokamak Energy reveals pilot plant design details, Thales and Max Planck set a world record, DOE announces $30M for commercial fusion
October 30, 2024

Mechanical design engineer Jasmine Mund gives this week's global fusion news update, summarizing behind all of the major headlines. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Tokamak Energy gives details of pilot fusion energy plant design
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tokamak-energy-gives-details-of-pilot-fusion-energy-plant-design
2. Thales and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics set a world record in the field of nuclear fusion
https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/group/press_release/thales-and-max-planck-institute-plasma-physics-set-world-record-field
3. For Heating Plasma in Fusion Devices, Researchers Unravel How Electrons Respond to Neutral Beam Injection
https://www.energy.gov/science/fes/articles/heating-plasma-fusion-devices-researchers-unravel-how-electrons-respond
4. Nuclear fusion push: General Atomics releases FUSE to speed up reactor development
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/general-atomics-fuse-nuclear-fusion-energy
5. U.S. Department of Energy Announces Nearly $30 Million for 13 Projects to Enable Commercial Fusion Energy
https://arpa-e.energy.gov/news-and-media/press-releases/us-department-energy-announces-nearly-30-million-13-projects-enable
Bonus:
https://energynews.pro/en/progress-of-fusion-reactors-in-spain-and-new-zealand/
https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/fusion-as-the-future-of-baseload-energy-powering-a-decarbonised-world/52112/
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v17/s127
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/mast-upgrade-1600-fusion-plasma-pulses
https://interestingengineering.com/science/plasma-thrusters-nuclear-fusion-boost
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October 16, 2024 Zap Energy's new fusion power prototype, big science spin-offs, Japan's tokamak sets world record
Fusion News: October 16, 2024
Dr. Cyd Cowley, working at the intersection of fusion and AI at FIA affiliate member digiLab, gives today's global fusion news update. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Zap Energy shows off its new fusion power prototype, Century
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/09/zap-energy-shows-off-its-new-fusion-power-prototype-century/
2. Fusion, the Web and electric planes: how spin-offs from big science are transforming the world
https://physicsworld.com/a/fusion-the-web-and-electric-planes-how-spin-offs-from-big-science-are-transforming-the-world/
3. Stopping off-the-wall behavior in fusion reactors
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-wall-behavior-fusion-reactors.html
4. Japan’s tokamak sets world record, achieves plasma volume of 160 cubic meters
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-largest-tokamak-jt-60sa-plasma
Bonuses:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az4J5H2FXkE&list=PLy5tg85zU5CCWzhG0yrg9NK_0HCtirp_n
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDi4uf25hfo
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October 02, 2024 Marvel Fusion lands $70M, fusion fuel mix, researchers build AI model database to find new alloys for fusion facilities
Fusion News: October 2, 2024
Jeff Peachman, PhD student at the University of Washington, gives today's Fusion News update - summarizing the major recent headlines in fusion energy. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Marvel Fusion lands $70M for laser-powered fusion bet
https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/25/marvel-fusion-lands-70m-for-laser-powered-fusion-bet/
2. Fusion fuel mix could stabilize burning plasma
https://euro-fusion.org/eurofusion-news/fusion-fuel-mix-could-stabilise-burning-plasma/
3. Researchers build AI model database to find new alloys for nuclear fusion facilities
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-ai-database-alloys-nuclear-fusion.html
4. After Latest ITER Delay, Senators Quiz Fusion Experts over Commercial Reactor Timelines
https://ww2.aip.org/fyi/after-latest-iter-delay-senators-quiz-fusion-experts-over-commercial-reactor-timelines
Bonus:
Zero: Inside a $2 Billion Nuclear Fusion Startup
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2024-09-25/zero-inside-a-2-billion-nuclear-fusion-startup-podcast
Fusion Energy Closer With Help From Self-Driving Robot Dogs;
https://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-fusion-clean-energy-self-driving-robot-dogs-1957720
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September 18, 2024 Stellarator begins experiment, Chinese startup raise, D-T plasmas, TE Magnetics
Jasmine Mund, mechanical design engineer, gives today's Fusion News update - summarizing the major recent headlines in fusion energy. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. World’s most powerful stellarator begins experiment for better fusion energy
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/stellarator-wendelstein-7-x-nuclear-fusion
2. Chinese start-up aims for nuclear fusion at half the cost of US rivals
https://www.ft.com/content/bf012cd9-1624-49c1-8352-5a91fb4d9a21
3. ‘World’s largest’ tokamak’s stable Deuterium-Tritium plasmas to help reactor design
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/jet-tokamak-deuterium-tritium-plasmas
4. Tokamak Energy launches TE Magnetics
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/tokamak-energy-launches-te-magnetics?mc_cid=298a918966
Bonus:
Could powerful lasers unlock cheap fusion power?
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cml2pyvmw9ro
Measuring the gamma-ray-to-neutron branching ratio in the deuterium-tritium reaction
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-gamma-ray-neutron-ratio-deuterium.html
Draghi’s Report on European Competitiveness Highlights Fusion as a Disruptive Technology
https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/draghis-report-on-european-competitiveness-highlights-fusion-as-a-disruptive-technology/
First plasma marks major milestone in UW–Madison fusion energy research
https://www.wisconsin.edu/all-in-wisconsin/story/first-plasma-marks-major-milestone-in-uw-madison-fusion-energy-research/
Nuclear fusion reactor created by school teenager successfully achieved plasma
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/nuclear-fusion-reactor-by-teenager-achieved-plasma
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September 04, 2024 China races to lead, STEP, INFUSE awards, UK startup and US collaboration
Dr. Cyd Cowley, Fusion Solutions Engineer, gives today's Fusion News update - summarizing the major recent headlines in fusion energy. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Inside China’s race to lead the world in nuclear fusion
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02759-x
2. STEP forward to fusion
https://royalsociety.org/blog/2024/08/step-forward-to-fusion/
3. DOE awards $4.6M for fusion research
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/doe-awards-4-6m-for-fusion-research/
4. The UK nuclear fusion start-up helping the US develop stealth submarines
https://www.ft.com/content/570267a4-657e-4c6b-805d-7b29a637e546
Bonus:
Opinion | The world-saving potential of nuclear fusion just got a huge boost.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/20/artificial-intelligence-nuclear-fusion-research/
FIA List of Fusion Events at NYC Climate Week Events
https://x.com/Fusion_Industry/status/1826692360627257631
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August 14, 2024 Bill Gates-backed startup gets new funding, South Korea investment, density limit, license obtained, UK prototype
Dr. Leigh Ann Kesler, fusion consultant, gives today's Fusion News update - summarizing the major recent headlines in fusion energy. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Bill Gates-backed Type One Energy lands massive seed extension to commercialize fusion power
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/30/bill-gates-backed-type-one-energy-lands-massive-seed-extension-to-commercialize-fusion-power/
2. South Korea to invest $866M in fusion energy development
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/south-korea-to-invest-866m-in-fusion-energy-development/
3. Fusion Closer to Reality as Scientists Smash Density Limit by Factor of 10
https://www.sciencealert.com/fusion-closer-to-reality-as-scientists-smash-density-limit-by-factor-of-10
4. Helion secures license for Polaris fusion
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/helion-secures-licence-to-advance-polaris-fusion-facility/
5. Nuclear fusion prototype will be 'UK's Nasa moment'
https://bbc.com/news/articles/c80e86d1kl3o
Bonus:
The secret force for limitless energy? Lasers - TED Talk by Tammy Ma
https://www.ted.com/talks/tammy_ma_the_secret_force_for_limitless_energy_lasers?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
Celebrating ignition through art at City Center Bishop Ranch
https://www.llnl.gov/article/51456/celebrating-ignition-through-art-city-center-bishop-ranch
Zap Energy targets fusion power without magnets, Claudia de Rham on the beauty of gravity
https://physicsworld.com/a/zap-energy-targets-fusion-power-without-magnets-claudia-de-rham-on-the-beauty-of-gravity/#:~:text=At%20zap%20energy%2C%20which%20is,about%20her%20career%20in%20research.
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July 24, 2024 CFS magnets to UW-Madison, China fusion development, China outspends US, industry growth
Jeff Peachman, PhD student at the University of Wisconsin, gives today's Fusion News update - summarizing the major recent headlines in fusion energy. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Fusion pioneer Commonwealth Fusion Systems is selling core magnet tech to the University of Wisconsin
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/12/lets-not-kick-down-the-ladder-commonwealth-fusion-systems-shares-its-secret-sauce/
2. How China’s huge industrial supply chain may lead to ‘artificial sun’ via nuclear fusion
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3269357/how-chinas-massive-industrial-supply-chain-may-help-give-rise-artificial-sun
3. China Outspends the U.S. on Fusion in the Race for Energy’s Holy Grail
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/china-us-fusion-race-4452d3be
4. The nuclear fusion industry is having a growth spurt
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/17/nuclear-fusion-companies-funding
Bonus:
WHAM! Nuclear fusion experiment hits new record for magnet strength
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/18/wham-nuclear-fusion-experiment-hits-new-record-for-magnet-strength/
Advancements in Z-pinch fusion: New insights from plasma pressure profiles
https://www.llnl.gov/article/51431/advancements-z-pinch-fusion-new-insights-plasma-pressure-profiles
Kiwi physicist puts New Zealand in the nuclear fusion race
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/the-sunday-session/audio/dr-ratu-mataira-openstar-founder-on-his-mission-to-unlock-the-power-of-fusion-energy/
Split of Fusion Regulation from Fission Codified by New Law
https://ww2.aip.org/fyi/split-of-fusion-regulation-from-fission-codified-by-new-law
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July 10, 2024 NSIRC and Lancaster University research, ITER toroidal field coils completed, ITER delay
Jasmine Mund, mechanical engineer, gives today's Fusion News update - summarizing the major recent headlines in fusion energy. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Groundbreaking research at NSIRC and Lancaster University set to transform fusion reactor development
https://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/groundbreaking-research-nsirc-and-lancaster-university-set-transform-fusion-reactor
2. Multinational fusion energy project marks completion of its most complex magnet system
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-multinational-fusion-energy-complex-magnet.html
3. ITER fusion reactor hit by massive decade-long delay and €5bn price hike
https://physicsworld.com/a/iter-fusion-reactor-hit-by-massive-decade-long-delay-and-e5bn-price-hike/
Bonus:
What next: Further implosion space exploration on the path to NIF extended yield capability
https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pop/article/31/6/062712/3299549/What-next-Further-implosion-space-exploration-on?searchresult=1
Nuclear fusion challenges: Low pressure, high temperature, and the electromagnetic field
https://www.power-technology.com/sponsored/nuclear-fusion-challenges-low-pressure-high-temperature-and-the-electromagnetic-field/
FIA Launches 2024 Supply Chain Report
https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/fia-launches-2024-supply-chain-report/
Fusion Industry Association and The Fusion Cluster Lay Out Strategic Priorities Ahead of UK Election
https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/fusion-industry-association-and-the-fusion-cluster-lay-out-strategic-priorities-ahead-of-uk-election/
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June 26, 2024 Hybrid design, industry advances, plasma model, CNL initiative
Cyd Cowley, Fusion Solution Consultant at digiLab, gives today's global Fusion News update, highlighting the major recent developments in fusion.
Links to all the fusion news stories are included below:
1. Hybrid design could make nuclear fusion reactors more efficient
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435679-hybrid-design-could-make-nuclear-fusion-reactors-more-efficient/
2. Fusion Sparks an Energy Revolution
https://www.wired.com/story/fusion-sparks-an-energy-revolution/
3. A Plasma Escape Plan Solved a Monumental Fusion Roadblock
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a61112081/plasma-escape-plan-fusion-reactor-breakthrough/
4. CNL launches new initiatives to fast-track fusion energy deployment
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/cnl-launches-new-initiatives-to-fast-track-fusion-energy-deployment/
Bonus:
https://fusioniscoming.com/
https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/us-senate-passes-advance-act-including-legislation-to-codify-us-fusion-regulations/
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