Fusion News

FYI - Fusion News/Alerts 17 Sep 2025

Dr Raja Ramanna Centenary (1925 - 2004)

The Legendary Nuclear Scientist Through the Eyes of Dr. Anil Kakodkar

Science India, September 2025

https://scienceindiamag.in/sep2025-edition-magazine/ 

69th IAEA General Conference, 15 – 19 September 2025, Vienna International Centre, Vienna

Statement by Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty

https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/25/09/gc69-statement-india.pdf 

See How Fusion Energy Could Power the Future

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-three-fusion-reactor-designs-could-power-tomorrow/ 

F4E and CERN join forces in fusion energy and particle physics

https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/news/f4e-and-cern-join-forces-in-fusion-energy-and-particle-physics/ 

DOE awards $134M for fusion research and development

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7361/doe-awards-134m-for-fusion-research-and-development/ 

Brief: DOE Awards $6.1M to Accelerate Fusion Energy Through Private-Public Partnerships

https://www.pppl.gov/news/2025/brief-doe-awards-61m-accelerate-fusion-energy-through-private-public-partnerships 

Fusion’s Funding Surge: A September Snapshot of Capital and Confidence

https://thefusionreport.com/fusions-funding-surge-a-september-snapshot-of-capital-and-confidence/ 

Durham University scientists play key role in testing superconducting materials for world’s largest fusion energy project

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1097813 

Key diagnostic system for experimental fusion reactor nears completion

https://phys.org/news/2025-09-key-diagnostic-experimental-fusion-reactor.html 

UC San Diego Plays Key Role in National Effort to Build a Fusion Research Data Platform

https://today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-diego-plays-key-role-in-national-effort-to-build-a-fusion-research-data-platform 

Opening the black box of machine learning-controlled plasma treatments

https://www.aip.org/scilights/opening-the-black-box-of-machine-learning-controlled-plasma-treatments 

‘Breathing’ crystal reversibly releases oxygen

https://physicsworld.com/a/breathing-crystal-reversibly-releases-oxygen/ 

Alternative divertor configurations improve fusion power exhaust control

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-025-01825-6 

MIT Physicists Propose First-Ever “Neutrino Laser”

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-physicists-propose-first-ever-neutrino-laser/ 

Materials research for the future of aviation

https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/materials-research-for-the-future-of-aviation 

NRC to review Texas nuclear plan

https://www.neimagazine.com/news/nrc-to-review-texas-nuclear-plan/ 

Graphene just broke a fundamental law of physics

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/09/250912081319.htm 

LLNL Physicist Receives Edward Teller Award

https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/llnl-physicist-receives-edward-teller-award 

UK-US nuclear deal: what does it mean and will it really lead to a ‘golden age’?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/15/uk-us-nuclear-deal-starmer-trump 

Stronger than a locomotive, mentorship powers WVU student’s krypton research

https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/resources/stronger-than-a-locomotive-mentorship-powers-wvu-student-s-krypton-research 

Chelyabinsk Scientists Unraveled the Mysteries of Ultracold Plasma

https://www.susu.ru/en/news/2025/09/15/chelyabinsk-scientists-unraveled-mysteries-ultracold-plasma 

Top quarks embrace in quasi-bound toponium

https://physicsworld.com/a/top-quarks-embrace-in-quasi-bound-toponium/ 

Solar wind and Sun-Planet connections

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/mssl/research/solar-system/space-plasma-physics/space-plasma-research/solar-wind-and-sun-planet-connections 

Recent Peer-Reviewed Articles of Interest

Nuclear Fusion Propulsion Systems For Deep Space Travel Architecture: A Review

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15361055.2025.2533077#d1e210 

[Of Interest]

Unraveling the physics of one of America’s most popular sports

https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2025/09/unraveling-most-popular-sports 

Fusion 2035: The 10-Year Shot Clock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el9jSdsLkZU 

'Historic' nuclear deal to create 2,500 jobs

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy8rev045xgo 

Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050

https://www.iaea.org/publications/15942/energy-electricity-and-nuclear-power-estimates-for-the-period-up-to-2050