Fusion News

FYI - Fusion News/Alerts 15 May 2025

Magnet cold test facility - On the fast track to operation

https://www.iter.org/node/20687/fast-track-operation 

[Latest ITER Newsline: https://www.iter.org/whatsnew/457]

F4E and VTT advance remote handling solutions for ITER

https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/news/vtt-iter-divertor-remote-handling/ 

Nuclear Fusion journal recognizes LLNL paper

https://www.llnl.gov/article/52871/nuclear-fusion-journal-recognizes-llnl-paper 

Microsoft Fusion Summit explores how AI can accelerate fusion research

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/microsoft-fusion-summit-explores-how-ai-can-accelerate-fusion-research/ 

Plasma physics sets upper limit on the strength of ‘dark electromagnetism’

https://physicsworld.com/a/plasma-physics-sets-upper-limit-on-the-strength-of-dark-electromagnetism/ 

Fusion Energy Week begins today

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7002/fusion-energy-week-begins-today/ 

University of Texas-led team solves a big problem for fusion energy

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1082718 

In an increasingly energy-hungry world, nuclear power is enticing.

https://engineering.wisc.edu/news/in-an-increasingly-energy-hungry-world-nuclear-power-is-enticing/ 

General Fusion lays off staff due to ‘unexpected and urgent financing constraints’

https://physicsworld.com/a/general-fusion-lays-off-staff-due-to-unexpected-and-urgent-financing-constraints/ 

Sean Gopalakrishnan receives top honor for plasma research

https://www.colorado.edu/physics/2025/04/30/sean-gopalakrishnan-receives-top-honor-plasma-research 

Recent advances in photoneutron detection: High-precision measurement of photoneutron cross section data using the LCS source

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083509 

Europe blackouts turn spotlight on power systems - and more top energy stories

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/05/blackouts-resilience-carbon-capture-top-energy-stories/ 

It is rocket science: Clemson physics graduate aims high with atmospheric research

https://news.clemson.edu/it-is-rocket-science-clemson-physics-graduate-aims-high-with-atmospheric-research/ 

Scientists Crack 70-Year Fusion Puzzle, Paving Way for Clean Energy

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-crack-70-year-fusion-puzzle-paving-way-for-clean-energy/ 

U.S. Naval Research Lab’s NIKE laser refocused from NIF to nuclear deterrence…

https://optics.org/news/16/5/10 

This is what an aurora looks like on Mars

https://physicsworld.com/a/this-is-what-an-aurora-looks-like-on-mars/ 

Good Practices in the Operation and Maintenance of Low Energy Electrostatic Accelerators

https://www.iaea.org/publications/15471/good-practices-in-the-operation-and-maintenance-of-low-energy-electrostatic-accelerators 

Coated Particle Fuels for High Temperature Gas Cooled Small Modular Reactors

https://www.iaea.org/publications/15833/coated-particle-fuels-for-high-temperature-gas-cooled-small-modular-reactors 

Recent Peer-Reviewed Articles of Interest

Advanced Simulation of ITER Core X-ray Crystal Spectroscopy

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article/96/5/053503/3346465/Advanced-Simulation-of-ITER-Core-X-ray-Crystal 

Oxidation behaviour of EUROFER-97 under simulated water-cooled lithium lead breeder blanket conditions

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41529-025-00600-y 

Average magnetic drift models for ion temperature gradient-driven instability in tokamaks

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pop/article/32/5/052104/3346796/Average-magnetic-drift-models-for-ion-temperature 

Operation and remote collaboration tools in view of the ITER neutral beam test facility experimental campaigns

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920379625002273 

Electromagnetic instability and turbulence in plasmas with positive and negative triangularity

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pop/article/32/5/052302/3346887/Electromagnetic-instability-and-turbulence-in 

Asymptotic self-similar spherical expansion and its application to the diagnosing of compressed plasma

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pop/article/32/5/052704/3346886/Asymptotic-self-similar-spherical-expansion-and 

Development of a high charge 10 GeV laser electron accelerator

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pop/article/32/5/053102/3346446/Development-of-a-high-charge-10-GeV-laser-electron 

Spatially and temporally resolved plasma parameter estimations of laser heated MagLIF relevant gas pipes at NIF

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pop/article/32/5/052705/3346888/Spatially-and-temporally-resolved-plasma-parameter 

Thermal conductivity of SiO2 grown by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition 

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article/137/17/175109/3345913/Thermal-conductivity-of-SiO2-grown-by-plasma 

[Of Interest]

‘Chatty’ artificial intelligence could improve student enthusiasm for physics and maths, finds study

https://physicsworld.com/a/chatty-artificial-intelligence-could-improve-student-enthusiasm-for-physics-and-maths-finds-study/