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Proxima raises more funding for its fusion programme
Munich-based start-up Proxima Fusion has raised €20m ($21.7m) in seed funding to accelerate its plans to build the first generation of fusion power plants based on quasi-isodynamic...
Another record for South Korea’s KSTAR
The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) in Daejeon has broken its previous plasma operation record during its...
First Light Fusion solves engineering challenge for pilot fusion plant design
UK-based First Light Fusion (FLF) says it made progress in solving a key engineering challenges in its ongoing work to design a pilot power plant capable of producing commercial...
Canadian funding for TRIUMF and General Fusion
Canada’s particle accelerator centre, TRIUMF and General Fusion have received a Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Alliance grant to advance...
Stellarex and CNL to collaborate on fusion energy
US-based fusion company Stellarex and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing a framework for collaboration and cooperation in...
Tokamak Energy to develop new laser technology for fusion plant operations
UK-based Tokamak Energy is developing new laser measurement technology to control extreme conditions inside future fusion power. Plasma temperatures inside a tokamak reach over...
Rosatom prepares equipment for ITER
In early April, the first shipment of equipment in 2024 for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), which is being built in France, will take place from Russia’s...
Germany announces funding for fusion power plant
Germany’s Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger has announced a new funding programme “Fusion 2040” to support research for development of a nuclear fusion power plant....
Kyoto Fusioneering signs joint research agreement on plasma heating with Tsukuba University
Japan’s Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) has signed a special joint research agreement on plasma heating with the National University of Tsukuba. KF will partner with Plasma Research Centre...
Assystem launches new taskforce to support UK fusion
France-based Assystem has hosted the launch of the new Fusion Industry Taskforce (FIT) to provide an independent voice to UK government on key issues relating to fusion development in...
Chinese-French consortium to assemble ITER vacuum chamber
Chinese-French TAC-1 (CNPE) consortium has won a contract for the sub-assembly of modules for the vacuum vessel of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER),...
Longview Fusion selects Fluor to design laser fusion plant
US-based Longview Fusion Energy Systems has contracted Fluor to design “the world's first commercial laser fusion power plant. This is based on breakthroughs in fusion energy gain at...
First Light Fusion fires successful shot on Sandia National Labs Z Machine
UK-based First Light Fusion (FLF) has become the first privately funded fusion company to fire a shot on the US Sandia National Laboratories’ Z Machine in New Mexico.
Itochu forms business alliance with Blue Laser Fusion
Tokyo-based Itochu Corporation has agreed to accept shares of US-based fusion start-up Blue Laser Fusion (BLF) through a third-party allotment. Itochu also concluded a strategic...
Standing ovation for JET inventor at celebration event
Some 700 people attended celebrations for the Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire which closed at the end of December 2023 after 40 years of operation. During the celebrations,...
Helical Fusion further develops its high-temperature superconductor cable
Japan’s Helical Fusion, based in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, has conducted a critical test involving a 19kA current in its proprietary High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) cable. Helical says...
Researchers use AI to stabilise nuclear fusion reactions
A team comprising engineers, physicists, and data scientists from Princeton University and the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have...
Fusion reactor prototype planned for TVA site
US-based fusion technology company Type One Energy Group plans to locate to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Bull Run Fossil Plant in Clinton, Tennessee to build a...
UKAEA and Kyoto Fusioneering extend co-operation
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the private Japanese fusion company Kyoto Fusioneering (KF) have signed a Communication Framework Agreement to advance tritium breeding...
