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Knoxville company's Oak Ridge nuclear reactor will be used at UK plant

A Bill Gates-backed and Oak-Ridge based fusion reactor will be used to build what supporters hope is the U.K's first ...
WATE Knoxville on MSN

Tennessee to become first state with nuclear fusion regulations

Tennessee is set to become the first state to regulate nuclear fusion machines, with Type One Energy's Oak Ridge site ...
Nature

Device could sniff out fusion reactors secretly making material for a nuclear bomb

Antineutrinos made alongside the production of weapons-grade plutonium could be spotted with existing technology.

Net zero fusion project could trigger nuclear disaster

The official verdict warns a nuclear incident at the STEP fusion project in Nottinghamshire could lead to “contamination of ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

World’s first floating fusion reactor-powered vessel could become reality with new project

Commercial shipping has a massive 2050 problem. Responsible for 3 percent of global greenhouse ...

Solution to Evan Birnholz’s June 7 crossword, ‘Split Seconds’

A puzzle with a two-part theme.

Commonwealth Fusion says papers validate its quest to generate power

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, the world's top-funded private firm among those seeking to generate power by replicating the nuclear ​reaction that takes place in stars, said that peer-reviewed papers ...

Focused Energy raises whopping $240M Series A for laser-powered fusion tech

Another fusion startup has raised another a massive round to make this type of power a reality.
Morning Overview on MSN

Germany’s Focused Energy raised $240 million to build a laser fusion plant on the grounds of the shuttered Biblis nuclear station

Focused Energy, a German-American fusion startup, announced it has raised $240 million in Series A financing to build a laser ...

A chamber hotter than the Sun stayed stable for 102 seconds, and energy’s oldest promise suddenly looks less impossible

The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research device, better known as KSTAR, sustained plasma at about 180 million ...
Morning Overview on MSN

The NRC’s proposed fusion framework regulates tritium handling and neutron-activation waste, skipping the emergency cooling rules fission reactors require

Private fusion companies building prototype reactors will face federal rules on tritium and neutron-activated waste but will ...
The Information

Fusion Startup Helion Nearly Triples Valuation to $15.5 Billion in Thrive-led Round

Helion Energy, a nuclear fusion startup backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, still has to prove it can produce electricity to serve data centers and other customers. But investors seem confident it can ...