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• 3D simulation closes in on a gyrotron blind spot – Gyrotron engineers have designed around this failure mode blind for years, with no way to put it in front of them until now (Image courtesy of Giroud-Garampon et al., Physics of Plasmas 33, 082110 (2026), EPFL Swiss Plasma Center, CC BY 4.0) Researchers at EPFL’s Swiss Plasma Center have extended their FENNECS particle-in-cell code from […]
• MIT framework gives fusion developers a way to test viability – The next generation of fusion devices is exactly where this framework gets tested. Tokamak, inertial, or magnetized-target, the framework doesn’t discriminate. (Image courtesy of EUROfusion) After decades of fundamental research, fusion is moving towards practical energy applications. A new generalised framework from researchers affiliated with MIT and Rutherford Energy Ventures, led by D.G. Whyte and […]
• Kyoto Fusioneering plans UNITY-3 breeding blanket facility – UNITY-3’s shielded enclosure and control room will let researchers measure neutron spectrum and tritium production inside candidate blanket sections during operation. (Image courtesy of Kyoto Fusioneering) Kyoto Fusioneering is relocating its U.S. headquarters to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where it will build UNITY-3 with Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The facility will generate neutrons at 14 megaelectronvolts, […]
• Dennis Whyte named UKAEA CEO as fusion programme enters delivery phase – Whyte’s move from MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems to UKAEA’s top role signals a shift toward deeper private sector fusion expertise inside UK public delivery (Image courtesy of United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority) UKAEA has appointed Professor Dennis Whyte, co-founder of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, as its next Group Chief Executive Officer, taking up the role […]
• Marvel Fusion Colorado partnership adds Siemens backing – The agreement links Colorado’s RISE Hub to Bavaria’s VEGA Hub, giving both fusion ecosystems a formal channel for the industrial and supply chain partnerships that follow (Image courtesy of Marvel Fusion) Marvel Fusion, the State of Colorado, and Siemens Energy have signed a Letter of Intent to formalise a transatlantic collaboration on laser-driven fusion energy, […]
• How plasma edge turbulence solves two fusion reactor design puzzles – New first-principles simulations of ASDEX Upgrade’s plasma edge turbulence now explain, without fitting to experiment, why this device already exhausts heat in the small continuous bursts a reactor needs (Image courtesy of Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Photo: Jan Hosan) Two Physical Review Letters papers from the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics explain […]
• Type One Energy licenses ORNL’s cryogenic pellet fuelling technology – Fuel cycle technology now moves from ORNL’s labs toward the pellet production rates commercial fusion reactors will require (Image courtesy of ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Photo: Alonda Hines) Type One Energy‘s stellarator ambitions at TVA’s Bull Run Energy Complex depend on solving a problem few outside the fuel cycle community track closely. Oak Ridge […]
• TAE Technologies signs prospective helium-3 supply agreement with Black Moon Energy – TAE’s helium-3 agreement with Black Moon Energy adds a further fuel option alongside its hydrogen-boron development programme (Image courtesy of TAE Technologies) TAE Technologies has signed a prospective helium-3 supply agreement with lunar-development company Black Moon Energy Corporation, adding a fuel option alongside the hydrogen-boron cycle TAE identifies as its preferred commercial fuel. For engineers […]
• Optics for laser-driven nuclear fusion – A cryogenically cooled deuterium-tritium fuel capsule used in NIF fusion experiments (Fig.1) (Image courtesy of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) The moment that changed the equation On December 5, 2022, the 192 beams of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory delivered 2.05 megajoules of ultraviolet laser light into a tiny holhraum roughly […]
• Pension and sovereign wealth funds join Commonwealth Fusion’s latest raise – The Devens campus now houses the industrial-scale infrastructure behind CFS’s $4 billion capital base, with SPARC assembly continuing inside as the company works toward first plasma (Image courtesy of Commonwealth Fusion Systems) Commonwealth Fusion Systems raised $1 billion in equity financing on July 30, 2026, bringing its total capital to $4 billion. Pension funds and […]