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Fusion Energy Week

American Physical Society (APS)

US Senate Passes ADVANCE Act, Including Legislation to Codify US Fusion Regulations

Fusion Industry Association (FIA)

Fusion Energy Momentum Highlighted at Ministerial Meeting Hosted by IAEA and Italy

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Report: Fusion Power: Enabling 21st Century American Dominance

Commission on the Scaling of Fusion Energy

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Avalanche’s fusion machine at the Pacific Northwest Energy Summit in July of 2024

Seattle-area company set to launch fusion test facility in north Richland

Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Celebrating First 100 Days of Accomplishments

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (SC)

Fusion Energy Week

For Fusion Energy Week, plasma physics hits the town

American Physical Society (APS)

NIF

Fusion must be a national priority for the future of US energy security

NIF’s preamplifier modules

How NIF Works

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

Artists impression of inertial fusion energy using lasers

Will Fusion Solve Our Energy Problems?

Columbia University in the City of New York

SA masthead

Fusion Energy Needs Continued U.S. Leadership to Secure Our Energy Future

Scientific American

The interior of the DIII-D tokamak.

Good News for Fusion Energy Workforce Development in San Diego

University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)

The Center for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville that works on developing materials that can withstand the extreme temperatures and pressures needed for nuclear fusion.

Fusion energy: Pathway to abundant power

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Get Ready for the Stellarator Showdown

Rick Cross works on the Titan compressor system at the Jupiter Laser Facility.

A brighter future for the Jupiter Laser Facility

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

Knoxville company papers show ‘no scientific barriers’ to fusion power plant

Knoxville News Sentinel

Participants gather in PPPL’s Melvin B. Gottlieb Auditorium for one of the many conference presentations.

International conference of plasma experts discuss space and fusion physics

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

The new center will help address global energy challenges, contribute to sustainable climate solutions, and create a new industry and associated employment.

Columbia Engineering Launches the Columbia Fusion Research Center

Columbia University in the City of New York

Six gas valves, shown here as yellow-pink puffs, provided the most effective cooling in highly sophisticated computer models created using a PPPL computer code known as M3D-C1.

Simulations showed that six valves provided the ideal setup for rapidly dispersing cooling gas

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone

What if it Works Podcast: The race to fusion with Dennis Whyte

The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)

Midwest Moxie Podcast: Harnessing the power of the sun: Kieran Furlong

The elephant in the room for energy tech? Uncertainty.

MIT Technology Review

National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade

An intricate jigsaw puzzle: Pre‑fitting components of the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade before reassembly

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

Computing infrastructure at the San Diego Supercomputer Center

General Atomics and UC San Diego Launch Fusion Data Science and Digital Engineering Center

University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)

VIDEO: Fusion energy: Unlocking the power of the stars

Liquid Lithium

VIDEO: The Final Barrier to (Nearly) Infinite Energy

How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge

200-year-old prediction of Fourier confirmed in extreme plasmas for the first time

University of Nevada, Reno

DOE funds UK research on critical materials for commercial fusion energy

University of Kentucky (UK)

NatSec Tech Podcast: Bob Mumgaard and Steven Cowley on the Critical Moment in Fusion

Commission on the Scaling of Fusion Energy

Local officials and a fusion company representative speak at a press conference at the Confluence Technology Center, announcing a state-of-the-art fusion power facility in Malaga.

Helion announces plans for world’s first fusion power facility in Malaga

The Wenatchee World

Federal Drive Podcast with Tom Temin

Federal Drive Podcast: Focused Energy’s Harris Walker

Federal News Network

The WHAM experiment

A Q+A With Kieran Furlong, CEO of Realta Fusion

Aerial view of SLAC

Unlocking the power of fusion: SLAC’s pioneering role in advanced energy solutions

Innovation News Network

The inside of the DIII-D fusion vessel

Some fusion fuel will be trapped in the inner walls of a fusion vessel. Researchers now have a better idea of how much.

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

Report: Fusion Power: Enabling 21st Century American Dominance

Commission on the Scaling of Fusion Energy

turbulent behavior of plasma inside fusion device

Unlocking the secrets of fusion’s core with AI-enhanced simulations

MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC)

computer-generated image showing a combined simulation of fusion plasma’s core and edge

Innovative fusion computer program receives national achievement award

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

TVA signs ‘landmark’ agreement with Type One Energy to develop fusion pilot plant

Knoxville News Sentinel

Foam-shelled fuel target

Lab and Startup Company Team Up on Fusion Materials

The Independent

Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents meeting on Friday, Feb. 7, a panel of entrepreneurs, university leaders and business experts

UW to focus on founders in entrepreneurship push

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Experimental chambers that will be used as part of the TINEX project

UC San Diego a Key Part of New Project Led by General Atomics to Advance Fusion Energy

University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)

TVA, Type One Energy Ink Deal to Develop Commercial Fusion Power Plant