Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden all meet the technical requirements to host a pilot fusion reactor, but Finland is the most prepared in terms of regulatory readiness, according to a report conducted by Finland's VTT Technical Research Centre on behalf of Swedish fusion energy company Novatron Fusion Group.
 

The US Department of Energy has released its Fusion Science and Technology Roadmap, a comprehensive national strategy to accelerate the development and commercialisation of fusion energy by the mid-2030s.
 

A delivery ceremony has been held for the toroidal field magnet coil box - measuring 21 metres by 12 metres - at the Comprehensive Research Facility for Fusion Technology in Hefei, China.
 

Berlin-based Gauss Fusion GmbH has presented what it says is Europe's first full design for a commercial fusion power plant.
 

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s World Fusion Outlook 2025 report says there are more than 160 fusion devices now either operational, under construction or planned.
 

The cryostat for ITER's magnet cold test facility has arrived at the construction site in Cadarache, southern France, following a 104-kilometre-long journey by road from the port of Berre-l'Étang, near Marseille.
 

Remote handling technologies have been used to remove 66 sample tiles and other components from the Joint European Torus. They are now being studied to help inform the future decommissioning plan of the record-setting fusion facility.
 

Fusion for Energy - the ITER Organisation's European domestic agency - and its contractor Demathieu Bard have completed the Control Building for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor at Cadarache in south-eastern France.

The German cabinet has approved the federal government's action plan aimed at accelerating commercial fusion deployment in Germany. By 2029, more than EUR2 billion (USD2.3 billion) will be invested in fusion research, as well as the development of new research infrastructures and pilot projects.