Fusion News
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 Artwork provided by Davis & Musgrove Ltd.Podcasts
First plasma at Japan's largest tokamak, public-private partnerships, UK & US partner for fusion
Published: Nov. 15, 2023, 3:16 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 18 seconds
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IAEA fusion initiative, Japan awards fusion firms funding, regulatory framework recommendations
Published: Nov. 1, 2023, 2:21 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 30 seconds
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NIF ignition (again!), potential discovery, JET experiments
Published: Oct. 18, 2023, 5:35 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 7 seconds
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Helion signs steelmaking agreement with Nucor, Zap Energy's fusion approach, German hearing on advancing fusion
Published: Oct. 4, 2023, 2:38 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 44 seconds
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New UK fusion program, Germany fusion funding announcement, machine-learning, and cryogenics
Published: Sept. 20, 2023, noonDuration: 8 minutes 43 seconds
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Chinese power firm, public-private collaboration, ITER wall testing underway
Published: Sept. 7, 2023, 3:54 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 19 seconds
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Fusion power breakthrough, DOE research funding, medical isotopes
Published: Aug. 23, 2023, 8:45 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds
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Fusion regulation news, weather forecasting for understanding plasma, ceramic matrix composites, Japan adopots a nation fusion strategy and desktop fusion funded
Published: May 9, 2023, 6:10 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 12 seconds
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The good tech awards, every fusion device, damage detection in superconductors, ITER delays
Published: Jan. 20, 2023, 11:13 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 18 seconds
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A BIG fusion announcement and our end of year wrap-up!
Published: Dec. 19, 2022, 7:46 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 54 seconds
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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
Published: Dec. 2, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 47 seconds
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Russia send giant magnet, solving winter heating woes, magnets in fusion and fusion fantasy to reality
Published: Nov. 18, 2022, 11:09 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 43 seconds
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Tokamak Energy's next step, neutron-material interaction, gigantic fusion gun and General Atomics fusion power plant concept
Published: Nov. 4, 2022, 9 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds
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Fed commit to fusion, West Burton A gets the go ahead, Z pinch gets closer, high-flux neutrons and Princeton scientists overcome more challenges
Published: Oct. 7, 2022, 9:33 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 41 seconds
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Thailand joins in, supercomputers enable more, tungsten-boron and £20billion job
Published: Sept. 9, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 49 seconds
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Fusion News Summer Recap!
Published: Aug. 12, 2022, 9:19 a.m.Duration: 12 minutes 8 seconds
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Fusion investment's new high, laser facility back to the drawing board, UKAEA-CFS agreement, Google and Chevron invest
Published: July 31, 2022, 8:28 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 18 seconds
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Clean energy hope, chipping away at corrosion, UK leading the new era, MIT joining forces
Published: June 17, 2022, 12:33 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 9 seconds
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Closer than ever, more power, Idaho's fusion project and robotic snakes
Published: June 4, 2022, 8:19 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 38 seconds
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Tokamak energy calls for investment, STEP requiring cryogenic innovation, MIT expands research collaboration with CFS and an energy lifeline
Published: May 20, 2022, 12:36 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 29 seconds
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HB11 to develop new laser, White House setting sights, harnessing machine learning and physics puzzle unravelled…
Published: May 6, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 4 seconds
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Laser fusion milestone, blue origin solution, diversity and inclusion and stellerators acting wild
Published: April 8, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 59 seconds
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White House fusion event, 100 million degrees, and a "Big Gun"
Published: March 25, 2022, 3:39 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 42 seconds
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Perfomance of a fusion power plant, self-sustained divertor operation, innovative magnets and Energy Singularity
Published: March 11, 2022, 10:49 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 58 seconds
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Major fusion breakthrough, AI in charge, stellerators renaissance, Frazer-Nash supports UKAEA
Published: Feb. 25, 2022, 5:19 p.m.Duration: 9 minutes 10 seconds
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US project milestone, European giant joins fusion, Japanese start-up darling and fusion and net zero
Published: Feb. 11, 2022, 9 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 53 seconds
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Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Andrew Holland
Published: Feb. 4, 2022, 6:38 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 56 seconds
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South Korean spark, prototype compression success, general atomics returns and JET milestone
Published: Jan. 28, 2022, 11:45 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 43 seconds
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A breakthrough year for fusion, China breaks record, fusion energy excitement, private capital and the new age of nuclear fusion
Published: Jan. 14, 2022, 9:57 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds
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A new era, awards for advancement, more join UKAEA, magnet breakthrough and more!
Published: Dec. 24, 2021, 2:39 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 24 seconds
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Almost $2bn in new fusion investment, edge shaping improves performance and more...
Published: Dec. 10, 2021, 9 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
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Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Annie Kritcher
Published: Dec. 3, 2021, 10 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 57 seconds
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Congress hear about fusion, China's new discovery, the chase for fusion energy and time to bet big!
Published: Nov. 26, 2021, 10:38 a.m.Duration: 10 minutes 23 seconds
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Record fundraising, argon fluoride lasers, trans-pacific collaboration, fusion power in the 2030s
Published: Nov. 12, 2021, 1:17 p.m.Duration: 8 minutes 1 second
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Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Fanny Fouin
Published: Nov. 5, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 45 seconds
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Fusion towards the mainstream, commercial laser fusion, fusion in Scotland
Published: Oct. 29, 2021, 8:42 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds
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UK’s fusion strategy, stellarator performance, good Finnish business and a fusion exhibition
Published: Oct. 15, 2021, 8:33 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 15 seconds
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Baseball backing, revolutionary magnet protection, new testing environment, moon mining and compact tokamak concepts!
Published: Oct. 2, 2021, 4:12 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds
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CFS/MIT demonstration HTS magnet success, First Light Fusion, new Materials roadmap and more.
Published: Sept. 17, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 52 seconds
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NIF near ignition, investors getting serious, fusion and climate, and supercomputer simulations
Published: Sept. 3, 2021, 9:44 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 5 seconds
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Fusion News Extra: in conversation with... Derek Sutherland and Kyle Morgan
Published: Aug. 27, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 59 seconds
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Helion prototype, gaming techniques for fusion, W7X stellarator efficiency, runaway electrons and fusion hotting up in Australia
Published: Aug. 20, 2021, 8:51 a.m.Duration: 9 minutes 9 seconds
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Fusion News Summer Special!
Published: Aug. 6, 2021, 3:05 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds
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Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Jay Brister
Published: July 30, 2021, 11:14 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 35 seconds
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Tokamak energy grows, EFS aneutronic fusion, €300million for fusion research, Altrad and Doosan Babcock support UKAEA, More students learn about fusion and more!
Published: July 23, 2021, 7:40 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 57 seconds
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SHINE closes funding cycle, DOE INFUSE awards, Helion sets new private fusion record, and more
Published: July 9, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds
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Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Emre & Ella
Published: July 2, 2021, 8:30 a.m.Duration: 20 minutes 41 seconds
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General Fusion set for the UK, world’s heaviest magnet, “Big Gun” fusion shot and the STEP longlist
Published: June 25, 2021, 8:51 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds
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Plasma exhaust breakthrough, China’s new record, UK regulatory support for fusion innovation
Published: June 11, 2021, 8:03 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 5 seconds
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Fusion News Extra: In conversation with...the Tokamak Energy HTS Magnet Team
Published: June 4, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 24 seconds
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New fusion gas gun, Zap Energy's latest funding, more magnets completed for ITER and how to be carbon free with fusion energy!
Published: May 28, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds
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Mind-boggling magnets, covid delays, MIT’s fusion culture, Ghana and nuclear, FIA news
Published: May 14, 2021, 12:25 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
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Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Artem Smirnov
Published: May 7, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 12 seconds
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Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Warren McKenzie
Published: April 9, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 59 seconds
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Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Lorne Horton
Published: March 12, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 21 seconds
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19th February 2021
Published: Feb. 19, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 36 seconds
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Fusion News Extra: In conversation with... Dr. Alex Creely
Published: Feb. 12, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 25 minutes 36 seconds
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5th February 2021
Published: Feb. 5, 2021, 8:47 a.m.Duration: 6 minutes 2 seconds
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January 22nd 2021
Published: Jan. 22, 2021, 9:24 a.m.Duration: 7 minutes 21 seconds
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January 8th 2021
Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 9:50 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 29 seconds
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December 4th 2020
Published: Dec. 4, 2020, 10:15 a.m.Duration: 11 minutes 10 seconds
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November 18th 2020
Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 10 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 55 seconds
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November 4th 2020
Published: Dec. 3, 2020, 9:58 p.m.Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds
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