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Nuclear fusion plasma’s magnetic field mystery solved to predict reactor heat loss

Designing predictable nuclear fusion reactors requires highly accurate computer models, yet existing simulations often ...
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France’s WEST tokamak held a fusion plasma for 1,337 seconds at 50 million degrees Celsius, the longest confinement on record

France’s WEST tokamak held a fusion plasma at roughly 50 million degrees Celsius for 1,337 seconds, more than 22 minutes, ...

Fusion Power’s Newest Problem Is People Secretly Making Nukes

Billions of dollars in venture capital and state investments have recently been poured into efforts to finally make nuclear ...
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US firm validates 1.1-GW nuclear fusion plant design to deliver 400 MW electricity

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) has verified the core plasma physics assumptions for its upcoming ...

Commonwealth Fusion Systems Builds on Learnings from SPARC to Publish Five Peer-Reviewed Papers Validating the Physics of the ARC Fusion Power Plant

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the global leader in fusion energy, today announced the publishing of five peer-reviewed ...
POWER Magazine

CFS Publishes Papers Validating Physics of ARC Fusion Power Plant

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) announced the company has published five peer-reviewed physics basis papers detailing its ...

Helion, the Sam Altman-backed fusion startup, raises $465M to build a power plant for Microsoft

Fusion startup Helion is racing to complete a power plant for Microsoft by 2028. A fresh infusion of cash should help with ...
NewsBytes

South Korea's KSTAR sustains plasma and reaches 100 million c

South Korea's KSTAR reactor sustained plasma in high-confinement mode for 102 seconds, reaching 100 million degrees Celsius, ...

General Fusion and General Atomics to Collaborate on Advanced Diagnostic Systems and Data for Key Milestones in LM26 Fusion Demonstration Program

General Fusion Inc. (“General Fusion” or the “Company”), a leader in the global race to commercialize fusion energy, and General Atomics Energy Group (“General Atomics”) today announced collaborative ...
Scientific American

Helion Energy wants to build fusion power on a start-up timeline

This company says its pulsed plasma machine will deliver electricity to the grid by 2029. Some physicists warn that its promises are outrunning what the technology has proved ...

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 ...
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Helion’s $465M Raise Signals Growing Fusion Demand

Helion raises $465 million in a Series G round, boosting its valuation to $15.5 billion as it advances commercial fusion ...