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First Light Fusion to build demonstration facility at UKAEA's Culham Campus
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and First Light Fusion have signed an agreement for a facility to house First Light’s Machine 4 at UKAEA’s Culham Campus in Oxfordshire....
Approval granted for General Fusion’s demonstration project
Construction is expected to begin this year of General Fusion’s demonstration project at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA's) Culham Campus after South Oxfordshire District...
Work underway to address ITER’s technical problems
Work is underway to address defects which were identified in two key tokamak components during assembly of the ITER fusion reactor in France.
Furukawa to supply specialist tape to Tokamak Energy
Tokamak Energy has signed an agreement for the supply of specialist high temperature superconducting (HTS) tape with Japan’s Furukawa Electric Group. Tokamak Energy, based near Oxford,...
Chinese EAST tokamak achieves improved plasma retention
The new improved plasma retention mode has been demonstrated at the Experiment Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), according to the Hafei Institute of Physical Sciences of...
More delays for ITER
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) under construction at Saint-Paul-les-Durance in southern France is facing more delays, ITER director general Pietro...
Fusion breakthrough for LLNL
A fusion reaction that produced more energy than the laser energy used to drive it has been achieved by the US National Ignition Facility. Located at Lawrence Livermore...
First plasma for Tokamak Energy’s fusion device
Tokamak Energy has said its upgraded fusion energy device, ST40, has achieved first plasma after recently returning to operation, as part of the company’s mission to...
Jacobs wins new contract to support UK fusion programme
Jacobs has been awarded a contract to support the UK's fusion energy research programme. The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has appointed Jacobs on all lots of its...
Thales and Marvel Fusion to upgrade laser system in Romania
Thales and Germany’s Marvel Fusion will cooperate in upgrading the laser system of the Extreme Light Infrastructure for Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) in Magurele, Romania. With the...
Novatron secures investment to develop fusion
EIT InnoEnergy, the innovation engine for sustainable energy, supported by the European Union’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), has announced its investment...
China completes core component for ITER
China has completed fabrication of the first piece of enhanced heat flux first wall panels, a core component of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER),...
First Light Fusion plans 60MWe pilot plant
Oxford-based First Light Fusion has announced a new technical partnership aimed at rapidly advancing towards a pilot plant based on its projectile fusion technology, while also...
ITER says essential key components repairs will impact schedule
“When building a machine as large and as complex as ITER, difficulties and setbacks do not come as surprises - they are an integral part of manufacturing, assembling and...
ITER Council reviews progress and challenges
The ITER Council meeting to review the performance of the ITER Project, evaluated the progress of construction, manufacturing, assembly and commissioning, including the impact of...
Russia delivers poloidal field coil for ITER
Rosatom has said it is delivering a PF1 poloidal field coil to the ITER fusion reactor under construction in France. A ceremonial launching of a pontoon with a Russian PF1 poloidal...
Tokamak Energy announces ST80-HTS advanced prototype
Tokamak Energy has announced plans for its advanced prototype, ST80-HTS, which will be the world’s first high field spherical tokamak using high temperature superconducting (HTS)...
China’s "artificial sun" sets new record
China’s "artificial sun", the HL-2M tokamak, has set a new operation record with its plasma current exceeding 1 million amperes (one megampere) “marking a major step toward...
General Atomics announces plans for fusion pilot plant
US-based General Atomics (GA) has announced a new concept for a fusion pilot plant (FPP) to deliver economically viable fusion energy.
