Proxima's "dumb machine" will be a stellarator called Alpha. It will draw on decades of work done by Germany's Max Planck ...

Fusion’s first challenge is scientific: can we make it work at scale? Its second, far tougher test is economic: can we make ...

Fusion startups are racing to prove that they can bottle the power of the stars without the sprawling magnets or precision particle beams that defined earlier generations of reactors. Instead of ...

A UK-based nuclear fusion collaboration just produced a record amount of energy, a refreshing dose of good news in humankind’s quest for cleaner energy sources. The Joint European Torus facility, or ...

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In April 2023, we reported on federal efforts to streamline fusion energy regulations. At that time, the Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) voted to approve a proposal expected ...

The U.S. government has launched the process to develop a regulatory framework to develop fusion machines as emerging nuclear technologies. This step to advance fusion machines was announced Feb. 26 ...

The proposal would add a fusion-specific pathway within the byproduct material framework (10 C.F.R. Part 30). The NRC describes the rule as “technology-inclusive.” The rule accommodates the wide ...

Tungsten's superior performance in extreme environments makes it a leading candidate for plasma-facing components (PFCs) in ...