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://asiatimes.com/2022/01/south-korea-ignites-a-spark-of-nuclear-fusion-hope/ (paywall)

https://asiatimes.com/2022/01/south-korea-fires-up-its-artificial-sun/

2. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Prototype-machine-demonstrates-plasma-compression

3. https://californianewstimes.com/nuclear-fusion-energy-device-at-general-atomics-coming-back-online/658723/

4. https://www.theregister.com/2022/01/21/jet_100k/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGeL--7hCsA

Bonus1. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/north-ayrshire-scottish-kwasi-kwarteng-uk-government-nottinghamshire-b1998167.html

Bonus2. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/magnet-iter-nuclear-fusion-energy-b1995437.html

Bonus3. https://www.marketplace.org/2022/01/10/could-nuclear-fusion-solve-the-climate-crisis/

Bonus4. https://www.space.com/17137-how-hot-is-the-sun.html