Fusion

Nuclear Fusion

TVA, Type One Energy Ink Deal to Develop Commercial Fusion Power Plant

This is a rendering of Type One Energy’s fusion stellarator.The pursuit of energy from fusion technology has taken another step forward, with the Tennesse…

Nuclear Reactor

First Plasma Generated in SMART Tokamak

First plasma in the SMART Tokamak, recorded with a super-fast camera in the visible spectrumThe SMART tokamak - an experimental fusion device designed, built an…

Nuclear Reactor

New Material Proposed in Trt Tokamak Project

Specialists at JSC NIIEFA and MISIS have developed a composite of tungsten and copper, using additive technologies, for the plasma-facing elements of the tokama…

Nuclear Fusion

High Power Gyrotron Set for ST40 Tokamak Installation

The gyrotron, with Morgan, left, Sakamoto, third from left, Emma Wooldridge, heating and current drive team leader, second left, and Vladimir Shevchenko, senior…

Nuclear Fusion

China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ Shatters Nuclear Fusion Record by Generating Steady Loop of Plasma for 1,000 Seconds

The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) nuclear fusion reactor on Jan. 15, 2025 in China.China's "artificial sun" reactor has broken its ow…

Nuclear Fusion

UKAEA Invests £200M in LIBRITI Fusion Fuel Programme

The LIBRTI facility: illustration with labels.The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has taken a stride in fusion energy development with the announcement of a …

Nuclear Fusion

UK Announces £410M Investment to Advance Fusion Energy

UK invests in new nuclear fusion energy plant.The UK government has announced a £410m investment to advance the development of nuclear fusion energy and b…

Nuclear Fusion

Funding Boost for UK Fusion R&D

A cutaway of the STEP fusion plantWedoany.com Report-Jan 17, The UK government has announced a GBP410 million (USD500 million) investment to accelerate developm…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Ministers Pledge Record £410M to Support UK Nuclear Fusion Energy

The now decommissioned West Burton coal-fired power station in Nottinghamshire could host the prototype nuclear fusion plant.The UK government has promised a re…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK Consortium Advances Fusion-Grade Steel Production

NEURONE project billet leaving the caster and entering the product straightenerThe NEURONE (Neutron Irradiation of Advanced Steels) consortium is a GBP12 millio…

Nuclear Technology

Energetic Particles Could Help Control Plasma Flares at the Edge of a Tokamak

The quest for sustainable energy sources capable of meeting global demand remains one of the most pressing scientific challenges. Among these, nuclear fusion-th…

Nuclear Reactor

Why Fusion Energy Is the Future of Clean Power

Imagine a world where energy is limitless, clean, and safe—a world without pollution from burning fossil fuels or dangerous nuclear waste. This dream is at the…

Nuclear Fusion

Virginia to Host World’s First Commercial Fusion Plant

Visualisation of the ARC fusion power plant (Image credit: Commonwealth Fusion Systems)US fusion start-up Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) plans to build the w…

Nuclear Fusion

UK Partnership to Design Fusion Power Plants

Rob Akers (UKAEA), Vassil Alexandrov (STFC Hartree Centre) and Juan Bernabe-Moreno (IBM) at the signing of the partnership agreement for fusion collaborationThe…

Nuclear Fusion

Virginia Site Selected to Host Fusion Power Plant

US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems has announced plans to independently finance, construct, own and operate a commercial-scale fusion power p…