Nuclear Fusion

Oxfordshire researchers make fusion energy breakthrough This is Oxfordshire00:02
Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises a further USD1 billion World Nuclear News09:55
Scientists discover a new way to separate fusion fuels using quantum physics Knowridge Science Report15:08
New nuclear power plant to be built in UK with help from Oxfordshire firm Oxford Mail11:09
Fuse deepens partnership across U.S. Nuclear security enterprise with five-year cooperative… PR Newswire (Press Release)18:02
MIT researchers tackle the economic realities of fusion power Massachusetts Institute of Technology00:07
General Atomics awarded $20M California tax credit for nuclear fusion testing center KPBS21:23

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Yesterday

New measurement of diamond phase change could mean increased ICF energy gain American Nuclear Society15:16 14-Aug-26

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SLAC Researchers Uncover Copper's Surprising Melting Behavior at Extreme Temperatures Newswise (Press Release)08:36 13-Aug-26

Melting Diamond Could Unlock Triple Fusion Gain and the Secrets of Ice Giant Planets Newswise (Press Release)05:01 13-Aug-26

IBM Just Made A Huge Fusion Energy Breakthrough Thanks To Quantum Computing BGR20:31 12-Aug-26

MIT's New Framework Aims to Tackle Nuclear Fusion's Money Problem OilPrice.com17:38 12-Aug-26

Porous tungsten scrubbed by glow discharge cleaning American Nuclear Society17:16 12-Aug-26

MIT develops framework for assessing economics of fusion World Nuclear News07:42 12-Aug-26

Rutherford Energy Ventures Co-Founder Dennis Whyte Appointed as Next CEO of UK Atomic Energy… Business Wire (Press Release)06:01 12-Aug-26

Fusion energy expert Prof Dennis Whyte appointed next UKAEA CEO GOV.UK (Press Release)06:01 12-Aug-26

Is it the future yet? | Factor This Brief Power Engineering16:34 11-Aug-26

Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device TechCrunch11:08 11-Aug-26

Kyoto Fusioneering to Relocate U.S. HQ to Tennessee and Deliver unity-3 with Ornl, a… Business Wire (Press Release)11:01 11-Aug-26

MIT researchers propose framework to assess commercial viability of fusion power Sustainability Online09:04 11-Aug-26

Blending Fusion Science, AI to Predict DIII-D Tokamak Behavior Newswise (Press Release)08:53 11-Aug-26

Scientists Create One of the Coldest Plasmas Ever Measured in a Laboratory Knowridge Science Report08:01 11-Aug-26

Latest MAST Upgrade experiments achieve milestones World Nuclear News07:38 11-Aug-26

European fusion studies shed light on disruptive phenomena at plasma edge American Nuclear Society16:48 10-Aug-26

Fuse Touts ‘Highest’ Neutron Yield by Any Fusion Company POWER Magazine12:39 10-Aug-26

Record plasma milestone for MAST Upgrade Machinery Market07:37 10-Aug-26

MIT researchers tackle the economic realities of fusion power Massachusetts Institute of Technology00:07 10-Aug-26

Summer programs and internships at PPPL: Building new pathways into fusion energy Newswise (Press Release)19:03 9-Aug-26

Scientists Discover a New Way to Separate Fusion Fuels Using Quantum Physics Knowridge Science Report15:08 8-Aug-26

Berkeley Lab's New Fusion Materials Breakthrough, Explained OilPrice.com14:18 8-Aug-26

Oxfordshire researchers make fusion energy breakthrough This is Oxfordshire00:02 8-Aug-26

In the last month

New nuclear power plant to be built in UK with help from Oxfordshire firm Oxford Mail11:09 7-Aug-26

ORNL, Rutherford Energy Ventures launch fusion partnership American Nuclear Society08:04 7-Aug-26

Germany steps up fusion investment Modern Power Systems18:22 6-Aug-26

Calendar listing: Diii-D Public Tours Return by Popular Demand: Explore the Machine Unlocking… Business Wire (Press Release)15:05 6-Aug-26

International conference on computational mathematics begins at SOA The Statesman13:36 6-Aug-26

Under Pressure: Record plasma for UK flagship machine GOV.UK (Press Release)08:19 6-Aug-26

TAE Technologies and Black Moon Energy Corporation Enter into Strategic Helium-3 Supply and… PR Newswire (Press Release)07:32 5-Aug-26

UCSB, Lawrence Livermore collaborate to accelerate fusion plasma simulations with AI The UCSB Current03:01 5-Aug-26

Shine Selected for Two Doe Genesis Mission Projects Advancing AI in Nuclear Fuel Recycling PR Newswire (Press Release)07:03 4-Aug-26

General Atomics awarded $20M California tax credit for nuclear fusion testing center KPBS21:23 3-Aug-26

Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises a further USD1 billion World Nuclear News09:55 3-Aug-26

Fuse Deepens Partnership Across U.S. Nuclear Security Enterprise with Five-Year Cooperative… PR Newswire (Press Release)18:02 2-Aug-26

Livermore Lab, Pacific Fusion advance tech for potential fusion energy production, experiments Pleasanton Weekly18:19 1-Aug-26

Firm building nuclear fusion plant in Chesterfield completes $1B financing round Charlottesville Daily Progress, Virginia12:14 1-Aug-26

VC Money Floods Into U.S. Nuclear Startups as AI Power Demand Explodes OilPrice.com19:23 31-Jul-26

UW-Madison: A Midwestern nucleus of fission and fusion American Nuclear Society15:56 31-Jul-26

Germany Announces National Hubs In Bid For Europe’s First Fusion Reactor In 2040s The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency07:08 31-Jul-26

In pictures: ITER tokamak core assembly progressing World Nuclear News07:01 31-Jul-26

Simulation of fusion neutron spectra from D-D and D-T thermonuclear fusion Nature.com04:12 31-Jul-26

Trio of ecology, fusion energy and immersive tech companies join Milton Park Insider Media01:19 31-Jul-26

Three pioneering firms pick Milton Park for next stage of growth Oxford Mail00:03 31-Jul-26

Hundreds of Billions in Capital Chase the Artificial Sun: Post-90s Scientist Wang Teng Says China Aims to Light the… Pandaily21:56 30-Jul-26

Cfs Raises $1B for Commercial Nuclear Fusion Plant Energy Intelligence15:47 30-Jul-26

When will fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems go public? TechCrunch11:52 30-Jul-26

Fusion power darling Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises another $1B TechCrunch11:22 30-Jul-26

Germany coordinates fusion R&D efforts World Nuclear News09:00 30-Jul-26

US Fusion Company Announces ‘Single Largest Funding Round In Sector’ The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency08:45 30-Jul-26

Fed Holds Rates Steady as U.S. Oil Stockpiles Fall ‘Precariously Low’ Heatmap08:35 30-Jul-26

Google-backed fusion firm CFS raises $1bn in equity financing DatacenterDynamics08:19 30-Jul-26

Sixth Tokamak Sector Module Lowered Into Place At Iter Fusion Project The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency06:43 30-Jul-26

Temasek-backed fusion energy firm raises a further $1.3 billion The Straits Times05:53 30-Jul-26

Devens startup raises another $1 billion to finish its first fusion energy machine Boston Globe00:14 30-Jul-26

Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises Another $1 Billion, Bringing Total Capital Raised to $4… PR Newswire (Press Release)00:01 30-Jul-26

Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises Another $1 Billion as Work on Commercial Power Plant… POWER Magazine23:59 29-Jul-26

ORNL, REV launch innovative collaboration on fusion infrastructure Newswise (Press Release)16:02 28-Jul-26

Nuclear fusion and the future of mining Mining Journal12:49 28-Jul-26

Thea Energy lands $20M federal grant to build its magnets for fusion reactors TechCrunch16:42 27-Jul-26

Call for evidence on draft NPS for fusion energy generation (En-8) Thomson Reuters - Practical Law07:01 27-Jul-26

Fusion energy hub at Culham backs Armed Forces with new pledge Oxford Mail15:06 25-Jul-26

Russian Hackers Tried to Steal US and NATO Nuclear Fusion Research UNITED24 Media07:43 25-Jul-26

In transition: Commercializing fusion power American Nuclear Society16:12 24-Jul-26

Materials surrounding a fusion reaction can dramatically increase how often it occurs Phys.org05:57 24-Jul-26

Nuclear fusion startups seek regulatory clarity, more patient capital Mint21:10 23-Jul-26

Nuclear is prominent in Genesis Mission projects American Nuclear Society17:08 23-Jul-26

When It Comes to Fusion, Materials Matter Newswise (Press Release)11:06 23-Jul-26

Shanghai to launch ‘choke point’ tech funds, relax pre-profit listing rules in key sectors South China Morning Post09:10 23-Jul-26

Barclays joins fusion consortium Electronics Weekly02:54 23-Jul-26

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries completes assembly of final ITER vacuum vessel module Asia Today20:46 22-Jul-26

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Reaches Major Milestone in Iter Nuclear Fusion Project PR Newswire (Press Release)20:42 22-Jul-26

PPPL to lead Genesis Mission project to create an AI operator for crucial fusion energy heating system Newswise (Press Release)11:41 22-Jul-26

UKAEA Group signs Armed Forces Covenant GOV.UK (Press Release)05:05 22-Jul-26

Governor Polis Celebrates Colorado Fusion Week, Highlights Colorado’s Leadership in Fusion Energy Colorado Governor (Press Release)14:51 21-Jul-26

Company secures world-first fusion power license in Washington Columbia Insight13:57 21-Jul-26

Barclays supports the development of commercial fusion power in the UK WebWire08:56 21-Jul-26

Tom Still: State’s fusion energy future hinges on mix of old and new The Chippewa Herald, Wisconsin07:30 21-Jul-26

LLNL and Pacific Fusion achieve 3,000-shot milestone with Sirius pulsed-power prototype American Nuclear Society11:04 20-Jul-26

Global fusion energy investments hit record $4.48 billion Cyprus Mail23:09 17-Jul-26

LLNL, Pacific Fusion partnership advances next-generation pulsed-power technology Newswise (Press Release)13:32 16-Jul-26

Realta Fusion, Inertia Enterprises select HQ locations American Nuclear Society10:31 16-Jul-26

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About our Nuclear Fusion news

Latest news on fusion power, a type of nuclear power in which atomic nuclei combine to release energy. This type of reaction is the same process that powers the sun and other stars, and is considered a potential source of clean and abundant energy. In a fusion reaction, two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus, releasing a large amount of energy in the process. Fusion reactions have the potential to produce much more energy than traditional nuclear fission reactions, and do not produce harmful radioactive waste. However, the technology to harness fusion power on a large scale is still in development. Fusion research is ongoing around the world, with several experimental fusion reactors currently in operation.

Scientists at the US government's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California recently achieved a net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the first time, according to the Financial Times. This milestone, known as net energy gain or target gain, is significant because it indicates that the process could provide a reliable, abundant alternative to fossil fuels and conventional nuclear energy. However, many scientists believe fusion power stations are still decades away.

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