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Tokamak Energy reports Demo4 milestone cryogenic tests

Tokamak Energy says its engineers have successfully validated electromagnetic current test results of the first of 14 toroidal field limbs in liquid nitrogen at temperatures of -200 degrees Celsius.

New Nuclear 14 September 2023

Germany stepping up investment in fusion

Germany will invest more than EUR1 billion (USD1.1 billion) in fusion research over the next five years, Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger announced.

Nuclear Policies 07 September 2023

Specialists at the St Petersburg-based JSC NIIEFA - part of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom - have started acceptance tests of a full-scale prototype of the first wall panel for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor fusion machine under construction in Cadarache, southern France.

New Nuclear 14 August 2023

General Fusion announces new fusion demo machine

Canadian private fusion developer General Fusion has announced plans for a new Magnetised Target Fusion machine designed to achieve fusion conditions of over 100 million degrees Celsius by 2025, and progress toward scientific breakeven by 2026.

New Nuclear 10 August 2023

First Light Fusion and Tractebel Machine 4 development agreement

Tractebel and First Light Fusion have signed a framework agreement for the development of the Machine 4 project designed to demonstrate net energy gain.

New Nuclear 09 August 2023

Marvel Fusion and CSU partner on US laser facility

German laser fusion developer Marvel Fusion and the USA's Colorado State University are to create a public-private partnership for the construction of a USD150 million high-power laser and fusion research facility on the CSU Foothills Campus.

New Nuclear 08 August 2023

LLNL researchers achieve fusion ignition for second time

Researchers at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have reportedly achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction for the second time. The milestone was first achieved last December.

New Nuclear 08 August 2023

SHINE demonstrates Cherenkov radiation from fusion

SHINE Technologies of the USA says it has demonstrated clearly visible Cherenkov radiation produced by fusion for what is believed to be the first time. Historically, fusion has been demonstrated and detected with instruments instead of a visible light.

New Nuclear 04 August 2023

British-Japanese partnership for fusion development

UK-based nuclear fusion company Tokamak Energy and Japan's Sumitomo Corporation have agreed to collaborate on the development, implementation and scaling-up of commercial fusion energy in Japan and worldwide.

New Nuclear 27 July 2023

Investment in fusion has reached USD6.21 billion, says FIA

Investment in the global fusion industry has now reached a cumulative USD6.21 billion, up from USD4.8 billion a year ago, according to the third annual Global Fusion Industry Report from the Fusion Industry Association. The report surveyed 43 private fusion companies, up from 27 a year earlier.

New Nuclear 13 July 2023

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