Fusion News

FYI - Fusion News/Alerts 08 Oct 2025

Equiping sector modules - The stage is set

https://www.iter.org/node/20687/stage-set 

[Latest ITER Newsline: https://www.iter.org/whatsnew/471]

New AI enhances the view inside fusion energy systems

https://www.pppl.gov/news/2025/new-ai-enhances-view-inside-fusion-energy-systems 

New prediction model could improve the reliability of fusion power plants

https://news.mit.edu/2025/new-prediction-model-could-improve-reliability-fusion-power-plants-1007 

Kyoto Fusioneering Shares Progress on UNITY-1: the Integrated Blanket and Thermal Cycle Facility

https://kyotofusioneering.com/en/news/2025/10/07/3450 

Powering Fusion: Inside The Supply Chain Sprint For The Next Energy Era

https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/10/03/powering-fusion-inside-the-supply-chain-sprint-for-the-next-energy-era/ 

First JET tiles removed, studied for impact of high-powered plasmas

https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-jet-tiles-removed-revealing-impact-of-high-powered-plasmas 

Impact of years of fusion experiments revealed by JET

https://www.niauk.org/impact-of-years-of-fusion-experiments-revealed-by-jet/ 

Germany boosts funding for fusion research

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/germany-boosts-funding-for-fusion-research 

CFS secures US$1bn deal with Eni to deliver fusion energy

https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/cfs-secures-us-1bn-deal-with-eni-to-deliver-fusion-energy/ 

Laboratory breakthrough recreating star formation mechanism wins prestigious John Dawson Award

https://www.pppl.gov/news/2025/laboratory-breakthrough-recreating-star-formation-mechanism-wins-prestigious-john-dawson 

TUNL Researchers Recreate Historic Fusion Measurement

https://tunl.duke.edu/news/tunl-researchers-recreate-historic-fusion-measurement 

Tokamak Energy signs strategic HTS collaboration with Gauss Fusion

https://tokamakenergy.com/2025/10/07/tokamak-energy-signs-strategic-hts-collaboration-with-gauss-fusion/ 

The Unconventional Path to Fusion Energy Commercialization: MasterMove Podcast

https://mastermove.io/greg-piefer/ 

Double-shell implosions open new paths for fusion science

https://www.aip.org/scilights/double-shell-implosions-open-new-paths-for-fusion-science 

Carlos Alejandre: How to Build a Viable Fusion Energy Industry

https://www.fundacionbankinter.org/en/noticias/carlos-alejandre-how-to-build-a-viable-fusion-energy-industry/ 

A Smooth Plasmon Accelerator

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v18/s125

In the Eye of the Plasma Storm

https://news.rub.de/english/2025-10-07-physics-eye-plasma-storm 

Ohio State’s Nuclear Reactor Laboratory awarded $1M ARPA-E grant to support commercial fusion reactor research

https://mae.osu.edu/news/2025/10/ohio-states-nuclear-reactor-laboratory-awarded-1m-arpa-e-grant-support-commercial-fusion-reactor-research 

Clean Energy Superpower Mission areas of research interest

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-energy-superpower-mission-areas-of-research-interest/clean-energy-superpower-mission-areas-of-research-interest 

Bill Gates: ‘The Future of Energy Is Subatomic’

https://www.powermag.com/blog/bill-gates-the-future-of-energy-is-subatomic/ 

Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts

https://news.mit.edu/2025/printable-aluminum-alloy-sets-strength-records-may-enable-lighter-aircraft-parts-1007 

Fighting for the health of the planet with AI

https://news.mit.edu/2025/fighting-health-planet-ai-priya-donti-1007 

Swedish partnership for nuclear-powered data centres

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/swedish-partnership-for-nuclear-powered-data-centres 

Radioactive BEC could form a ‘superradiant neutrino laser’

https://physicsworld.com/a/radioactive-bec-could-form-a-superradiant-neutrino-laser/ 

Recent Peer-Reviewed Articles of Interest

Special Issue on the IFMIF-DONES Fusion Neutron Source

https://iopscience.iop.org/collections/nf-180925-01 

Magnetic Field and Plasma Asymmetries Between the Martian Quasi-Perpendicular and Quasi-Parallel Magnetosheaths

https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118172 

Learning plasma dynamics and robust rampdown trajectories with predict-first experiments at TCV

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-63917-x 

Analytical representations of thermodynamic functions of Thomas–Fermi model

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/pop/article/32/10/102705/3366477/Analytical-representations-of-thermodynamic 

Extending shelf life: cold plasma as a tool to preserve long-term germination potential of pea seeds

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-18952-5 

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Program prepares U.K. students for nuclear careers

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7391/program-prepares-uk-students-for-nuclear-careers/