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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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 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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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MIT Spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems Unveils Plans for the World’s First Fusion Power Plant

illustration onlyAmerica is one step closer to tapping into a new and potentially limitless clean energy source today, with the announcement from MIT spinout Co…

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Acceleron Advances Cold Fusion Technology

US-based fusion startup Acceleron Fusion has closed a $24m Series A funding round co-led by Lowercarbon Capital and Collaborative Fund. Acceleron says the fundi…

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JET Fusion Findings to Advance Future Tokamaks

The Joint European Torus (JET) facility in Culham, Oxfordshire (Photo credit: UKAEA)One year after the conclusion of the Joint European Torus (JET)’s fina…

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Microsoft-Backed Firm Supports Fusion Innovation

The Wisconsin High-field Axisymmetric Mirror (WHAM) experiment (Photo credit: Realta Fusion)Aventure capital firm formed by Microsoft and the Green Bay Packers,…

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Partnership to Develop UK Fusion Power Plant Designs

Two British public sector entities - the UK Atomic Energy Authority and the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Hartree Centre - have teamed up with…

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Russia Completes Preliminary Design for Fusion Reactor

(Image credit: Rosatom)The DV Efremov Institute of Electrophysical Apparatus (NIIEFA Nauchno Issledovatelskii Institut Elektrofizicheskoi Apparaturi), part of R…