Fusion plant backed by Jeff Bezos to be built in UK - In this episode of our monthly podcast we chat to Jay Brister - Chief Business Development Officer at General Fusion - about their plans to build their demonstration plant in the UK at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in the UK.

Ella Fox-Widdows chats to Jay about General Fusion's mission, why they chose this site and the exciting timelines of getting fusion energy ready for the grid as early as possible. They go on to talk about a common theme in fusion - public-private partnerships and discuss further their plans for the plant in the UK.

You can find out more about General Fusion and their road to fusion on their fantastic YouTube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb2rf7GIcASHg___QdrIwSw

Watch the Fusion News update referenced in this episode here: https://youtu.be/Ax8c80fgPUo

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A summary of recent fusion energy news by Emre Yildirim, all links to the articles and stories discussed are below:

1. Tokamak Energy plans to double workforce in UK fusion boost

https://energydigital.com/technology-and-ai/tokamak-energy-plans-double-workforce-uk-fusion-boost

2. EFS Plans Aneutronic Fusion Reactor

https://www.eetasia.com/efs-plans-aneutronic-fusion-reactor/

3. Euratom Programme receives 300million Euros for fusion research

https://www.neimagazine.com/news/newseuratom-programme-receives-300-million-for-fusion-research-8879362

4. Altrad and Doosan Babcock sign UK fusion support contract

https://www.powerengineeringint.com/nuclear/altrad-and-doosan-babcock-sign-uk-fusion-support-contract/

5. Students at Institutions Across the U.S. Learn About Plasma and Fusion Research in New Program Managed by PPPL

https://www.newswise.com/doescience/students-at-institutions-across-the-u-s-learn-about-plasma-and-fusion-research-in-new-program-managed-by-pppl/?article_id=754512

Bonuses:

New CFS facility:

https://bostonrealestatetimes.com/king-street-properties-to-develop-manufacturing-facility-for-fusion-power-company-in-devens/

10 new phases of plasma:

https://wonderfulengineering.com/10-new-phases-of-plasma-have-been-discovered-bringing-us-a-step-closer-to-fusion-power/

Congressman talks fusion:

https://www.fcnp.com/2021/07/16/congressman-beyer-talks-nuclear-fusion-energy-at-town-hall/

New fusion podcast:

https://anchor.fm/ella-fox-widdows

Catch the podcast version and the ‘Extra’ Episodes here:

https://anchor.fm/fusionindustry

A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Dr. Leigh Ann Kesler, a fusion consultant specialising in science communication.

1. SHINE Medical Technologies Closes $150-million Series C-5 Financing to Advance Nuclear Fusion-Based Technologies

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210628005781/en/SHINE-Medical-Technologies-Closes-150-million-Series-C-5-Financing-to-Advance-Nuclear-Fusion-Based-Technologies

https://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniewindridge/2021/04/22/shiny-happy-future-shine-phoenix-merger-focused-on-advancing-fusion-technology/?sh=1b7de184376a

2. Department of Energy Announces First Round of FY 2021 Public-Private Partnership Awards to Advance Fusion Energy -https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/department-energy-announces-first-round-fy-2021-public-private-partnership-awards

3. Helion passes 100 million degrees Celsius - https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Helion-announces-fusion-milestones

4. Ansys Enables the ITER Organization to Design the World's Largest Highly Sustainable Nuclear Fusion Power Plant -https://www.bradfordera.com/news/state/ansys-enables-the-iter-organization-to-design-the-worlds-largest-highly-sustainable-nuclear-fusion-power/article_7f93ac3f-10f8-5032-ab87-2ac2e77e7ab8.html

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ansys-enables-the-iter-organization-to-design-the-worlds-largest-highly-sustainable-nuclear-fusion-power-plant-301323765.html

5. Is fusion moving closer? - https://www.neimagazine.com/features/featureis-fusion-moving-closer-8826122/

Bonus

● Economist podcast + article

https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2021/06/29/power-play-can-nuclear-fusion-ever-work-on-a-commercial-scale https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/06/24/the-race-to-build-a-commercial-fusion-reactor-hots-up

● Titans of Nuclear - https://www.titansofnuclear.com/experts/BenLevitt

● FusionEPTalks webinars - https://www.youtube.com/c/FusionEPTalks/featured

Follow Fusion Industry Association on Twitter https://twitter.com/Fusion_Industry

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Spreading out the heat and mega magnets!

In this episode of our Extra podcast the Fusion News Extra co-hosts Emre and Ella discuss some of the most recent fusion news described in the main Fusion News episodes in greater depth. This conversation centres around the MAST-U Super-X divertor and delivery of the massive central solenoid at ITER. Links to the stories discussed are below:

MAST-U Super-X:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a36559078/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-uk-reactor-experiment/

Delivery of ITER's central solenoid:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2280763-worlds-most-powerful-magnet-being-shipped-to-iter-fusion-reactor/

A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Cyd Cowley. Links to all the

articles mentioned are below for further reading.

Fusion news stories discussed:

1.  Nuclear energy: Fusion plant backed by Jeff Bezos to be built in UK

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57512229

1.  World's most powerful magnet being shipped to ITER fusion reactor

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2280763-worlds-most-powerful-magnet-being-shipped-to-iter-fusion-reactor/

3. First shot fired from Oxford-based 'Gas Gun' aimed at creating clean nuclear energy

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/19380743.first-shot-fired-oxford-based-gas-gun-aimed-creating-clean-nuclear-energy/

4. 15 sites in the frame to become home to the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant

https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/north-west-sites-named-last-20808368

Bonus

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/06/test-out-next-gen-space-tech-in-kerbal-space-program/?comments=1

https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=4210c3d2-6176-41d1-957b-5f411cd0ee3c

https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/post/fia-proposes-funding-for-fusion-for-space-propulsion

A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Dr Melanie Windridge, UK Director of the Fusion Industry Association, Communications Consultant at Tokamak Energy and Founder of Fusion Energy Insights. Links to all the articles mentioned are below for further reading.

Fusion news stories discussed:

1. Fusion breakthrough brings scientists a step closer to limitless clean energy

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fusion-breakthrough-brings-scientists-a-step-closer-to-limitless-clean-energy-tjq66sxqg

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a36559078/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-uk-reactor-experiment/

2. Chinese ‘artificial sun’ hits new mark in fusion energy mission

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3135332/chinese-artificial-sun-hits-new-mark-fusion-energy-mission

https://www.sciencealert.com/china-s-artificial-sun-fusion-reactor-reached-another-milestone

https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/China-Boasts-Successful-Nuclear-Fusion.html

3. UK’s new proposals support rapid rollout of fusion energy

https://www.powerengineeringint.com/nuclear/uks-new-proposals-support-rapid-rollout-of-fusion-energy/

Bonuses:

Stop Misinformation From Blocking The Rollout Of Fusion Energy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/walvanlierop/2021/05/25/stop-misinformation-from-blocking-the-rollout-of-fusion-energy/?sh=7965821a10c5

When Will We Have Nuclear Fusion Energy?

https://www.nanalyze.com/2021/06/when-nuclear-fusion-energy/

It’s Time For Congress to Support Fusion Energy

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-time-for-congress-to-support-fusion-energy/

Mind-boggling magnets could unlock plentiful power - This episode of our monthly podcast is centred on the work that the High Temperature Superconductor Magnet team at Tokamak Energy are working on to develop High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) for use in their fusion machines! 

In this episode Ella Fox-Widdows is joined by Greg Brittles, the Senior High Temperature Superconductor Magnet Engineer, Rod Bateman, the HTS Magnet Development Manager and Robert Slade, the Director of Technology Development at Tokamak Energy, a private fusion company in Oxfordshire, where they discuss what high temperature superconductors are, why they're important for fusion, and Tokamak Energy's approach that utilises the spherical tokamak design.

You can find more information about High Temperature Superconductors and the research at Tokamak Energy on the Tokamak Energy YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5fI6Y-CBMk&t=11s

Watch the Fusion News update referenced in this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1QSQOUxJZo&t=74s

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A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Dr Hazel Lowe, Plasma Diagnostician at Tokamak Energy. Links to all the articles mentioned are below for further reading.

Fusion news stories discussed:

1. https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-Light-Fusion-completes-two-stage-gas-gun-wit

2. https://www.geekwire.com/2021/seattle-startup-zap-energy-lands-27-5m-build-commercial-fusion-reactor-without-magnets/

3. https://quebecnewstribune.com/press-release-coverage/mitsubishi-heavy-industries-completed-four-tf-coils-for-the-international-thermonuclear-experimental-reactor-9059/and the video tour of ITER https://www.iter.org/news/videos/571

4. https://www.eetimes.com/carbon-free-energy-by-fusion-technology/#

Bonus1. https://www.iaea.org/fusion-energy/iter-the-worlds-largest-fusion-experiment

Bonus2. https://news.mit.edu/2021/theo-mouratidis-going-to-extremes-0524

Bonus3. https://scitechdaily.com/science-made-simple-what-is-a-stellarator/

A summary of recent fusion energy news presented by Emre Yildirim, PhD Student at the University of Manchester studying materials for fusion energy.

All links to the stories are below:

1. Mind-boggling magnets could unlock plentiful power

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56843149

2. Fusion Reactor Waylaid by Latest Waves of Covid Pandemic

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-10/fusion-reactor-waylaid-by-latest-waves-of-covid-pandemic

3. MIT: On course to Create a Fusion Power Plant

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-on-course-to-create-a-fusion-power-plant/

4. Ghana Needs Nuclear Energy to Spur Development

https://allafrica.com/stories/202105100336.html

5. Fusion Industry Association Announces Independent Incorporation and Expansion

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fusion-industry-association-announces-independent-incorporation-and-expansion-301284723.html

Bonuses:

https://www.iaea.org/bulletin/62-2

https://www.insidescience.org/news/room-temperature-superconductor-holy-grail-or-red-herring

https://anchor.fm/fusionindustry/episodes/Fusion-News-Extra-In-conversation-with----Artem-Smirnov-e10cllj

Nuclear-Fusion Firm Hits Funding Record With Plasma Breakthrough - our monthly series this time focuses on TAE Technologies new plasma breakthrough. Artem Smirnov, Chief Technology Officer, joins Emre Yildirim to discuss this new feat, the new funding, and the direction of the company with optimism for the entire fusion community littered throughout.

You can watch the Fusion News that this episdode references here:

https://youtu.be/_wr4Uh1TGSo

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