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US awards USD46 million funding, aiming for fusion pilot plant

The Department of Energy is sharing USD46 million funding from the Milestone-based Fusion Development Program among eight companies, with the aim that "within five to 10 years" they "will resolve scientific and technological challenges to create designs for a fusion pilot plant".

New Nuclear 02 June 2023

Collaborations announced for fusion projects

General Atomics of the USA and Tokamak Energy of the UK have agreed to collaborate in the area of high temperature superconducting technology for fusion energy and other industry applications. Meanwhile, Germany's Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics will work with Proxima Fusion to further develop the stellarator concept.

New Nuclear 30 May 2023

A primary challenge facing the companies commercialising fusion technology is building a supply chain, according to the Fusion Industry Association. Fusion developers are set to spend potentially trillions of dollars in a mature fusion industry, it says, but suppliers are reluctant to invest without committed orders.

New Nuclear 17 May 2023

Microsoft to buy power from Helion fusion plant

Global technology company Microsoft has signed an agreement with fusion energy developer Helion Energy for the provision of electricity from its first fusion power plant. Constellation Energy will serve as the power marketer and will manage transmission for the project.

Corporate 11 May 2023

Tokamak Energy magnet technology to be tested in USA

Tokamak Energy of the UK is to send its gamma radiation cryostat system to the US Department of Energy's Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, so that it can be exposed to extreme conditions to test lifetime fusion power plant performance.

New Nuclear 28 April 2023

Jacobs to design remotely-operated tools for ITER

Jacobs has been awarded a contract to design and engineer maintenance systems for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor fusion project.

Corporate 26 April 2023

Fluor and Longview MoU for laser fusion development

Fluor Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Longview Fusion Energy Systems to be its engineering and construction partner in designing and planning laser fusion energy commercialisation.

New Nuclear 19 April 2023

NRC starts work on regulatory framework for fusion

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission will base its regulatory framework for fusion energy systems on its existing process for licensing the use of byproduct materials.

Regulation & Safety 18 April 2023

Chinese and German milestones in fusion research

A Chinese tokamak device has set a new world record for a steady-state high-constraint mode plasma operation and German researchers have discovered a way to build smaller and cheaper fusion reactors. Meanwhile a US Government Accountability Office report on achieving commercial fusion cautions that several challenges must still be overcome.

New Nuclear 13 April 2023

In pictures: Tokamak Energy's fusion plant concept

The UK-based nuclear fusion company Tokamak Energy has released the first images of how its future commercial fusion power plants could look.

New Nuclear 12 April 2023

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