Fusion News

FYI - Fusion News/Alerts 15 Jan 2026

FYI - Fusion News/Alerts

Penetration infilling - Blue goo, good to go

https://www.iter.org/node/20687/blue-goo-good-go 

[Latest ITER Newsline: https://www.iter.org/whatsnew/483]

Building a Fusion-Ready Workforce: Why STEM and Trades Education Are Key to America’s Energy Future

https://www.powermag.com/building-a-fusion-ready-workforce-why-stem-and-trades-education-are-key-to-americas-energy-future/ 

Going further with fusion, together

https://www.pppl.gov/news/2026/going-further-fusion-together 

Japan to let private sector use 3 nuclear fusion R&D sites

https://asia.nikkei.com/business/energy/japan-to-let-private-sector-use-3-nuclear-fusion-r-d-sites 

AI accelerates fusion plasma simulation

https://www.neimagazine.com/news/ai-accelerates-fusion-plasma-simulation/ 

Drop-in events over fusion power plant plans

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly3x7pz28mo 

How fusion energy and AI can power the next era of energy demand

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/how-fusion-with-ai-can-help-defeat-the-coming-electricity-crunch/ 

Fusion energy to quantum computing: Frontier technologies are already redefining leadership

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/how-frontier-technologies-are-redefining-leadership/ 

Nuclear Fusion Research and Development in Japan

https://japan-forward.com/nuclear-fusion-research-and-development-in-japan/ 

U.S. Department of Energy Certifies Thea Energy’s Fusion Pilot Plant Preconceptual Design

https://energydigital.com/globenewswire/3217888 

CFS accelerates commercial fusion with Siemens, NVIDIA

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/cfs-accelerates-commercial-fusion-with-siemens-nvidia 

China fusion reactor breaks theoretical density limit

https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/china-fusion-reactor-breaks-theoretical-density-limit/

FCC Construcción to build Spain's first nuclear fusion research centre

https://www.fccco.com/en/-/fcc-construccion-to-build-spains-first-nuclear-fusion-research-centre 

Dense Plasma in Fusion Research

https://www.lanl.gov/engage/organizations/xcp/xcp-5/dense-matter-theory/types-of-dense-matter/dense-plasma-fusion-research 

Fusion energy explained: Everything you need to know

https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/fusion-energy-explained-everything-you-need-to-know/58361/ 

CU Boulder physicists automate plasma alignment for next-generation accelerators

https://www.colorado.edu/physics/2026/01/12/cu-boulder-physicists-automate-plasma-alignment-next-generation-accelerators 

Plasma “Fireballs” at CERN May Explain the Universe’s Missing Light

https://scitechdaily.com/plasma-fireballs-at-cern-may-explain-the-universes-missing-light/ 

Scientists spot never-before-seen shock wave around dead star

https://www.science.org/content/article/scientists-spot-never-seen-shock-wave-around-dead-star 

A Chair to train tomorrow's space experts

https://www.polytechnique.edu/en/news/chair-train-tomorrows-space-experts 

Federal sites target microreactors

https://www.neimagazine.com/news/federal-sites-target-microreactors/?cf-view 

Measuring Nuclear Reactions Found Inside Stars

https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/measuring-nuclear-reactions-found-inside-stars 

Comment: The future of nuclear - Powering a secure, low-carbon UK

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/opinion/comment-the-future-of-nuclear-powering-a-secure-low-carbon-uk 

The Nuclear Industry’s Race Against the Clock: EPRI Experts on Fleet Optimization, SMRs, and What’s Next

https://www.powermag.com/the-nuclear-industrys-race-against-the-clock-epri-experts-on-fleet-optimization-smrs-and-whats-next/ 

NASA, DOE solidify collaboration on a lunar surface reactor

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7674/nasa-doe-solidify-collaboration-on-a-lunar-surface-reactor/ 

Solar storms could be forecast by monitoring cosmic rays

https://physicsworld.com/a/solar-storms-could-be-forecast-by-monitoring-cosmic-rays/ 

Meta’s new nuclear deals with Oklo and TerraPower: The details

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7672/metas-new-nuclear-deals-with-oklo-and-terrapower-the-details/ 

Recent Peer-Reviewed Articles of Interest

Electron neural closure for turbulent magnetosheath simulations: Energy channels

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pop/article/33/1/012901/3377334/Electron-neural-closure-for-turbulent 

Observation of quantum effects on radiation reaction in strong fields

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67918-8 

[Of Interest]

How the SHANTI Bill redraws nuclear safety, security and liability rules

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/how-the-shanti-bill-redraws-nuclear-safety-security-and-liability-rules-13734484.html 

Good technology should change the world

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/12/1129770/editors-letter-january-2026/ 

Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/optimism-about-nuclear-energy-is-rising-again-is-it-warranted/ 

Space is becoming an industrial economy

https://spacenews.com/space-is-becoming-an-industrial-economy/