Experiments at China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak have confirmed the existence of "a density-free region" of the tokamak, finding a method to break through the density limit and providing important physical evidence for the high-density operation of magnetic confinement fusion devices.
 

Excavation of the spiral ramp of the Beishan Underground Research Laboratory near Jiuquan City in China's Gansu province has been fully completed, China National Nuclear Corporation announced.
 

US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems is collaborating with multinational technology companies NVIDIA and Siemens to develop a digital twin of its SPARC prototype fusion machine that will apply artificial intelligence and data and project management tools to accelerate commercial fusion.
 

What were the most-read World Nuclear News stories, and what has World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León picked out as her key moments of 2025? Read a month-by-month summary, and listen to the full podcast episode.
 

The High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Modern Industrial Chain Alliance, created by China National Nuclear Corporation subsidiary Chinergy, brings together more than 60 organisations.
 

A team of scientists from the UK Atomic Energy Authority, the Johannes Kepler University Linz, and Emmi AI, have developed an artificial intelligence tool - named GyroSwin - which can create simulations up to 1,000 times faster than traditional computational methods.
 

The Russian state nuclear corporation says that tests have been successfully completed on fuel samples for high-temperature gas-cooled reactors under extreme conditions.
 

A 15-year agreement between the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and biotech firm Bicycle Therapeutics focuses on securing the medical isotope lead-212 from the UK's stockpile of reprocessed nuclear fuel.
 

The development of lithium-7 fluoride production technology is seen as a key step in Russia for the proposed future molten salt reactors.