Fusion News

FYI - Fusion News/Alerts 09 Apr 2026

Historic Milestone: India’s 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor Achieves First Criticality

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2249576&reg=3&lang=2 

Bellows installation - Getting ready to flex

https://www.iter.org/node/20687/getting-ready-flex 

[Latest ITER Newsline: https://www.iter.org/whatsnew/495]

Fusion power unlikely to become competitive

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-026-02022-9 

Expanding America’s role in fusion systems in France and Japan

https://www.pppl.gov/news/2026/expanding-america%E2%80%99s-role-fusion-systems-france-and-japan 

Fusion companies partner for "more shots on goal"

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/02/commonwealth-systems-realta-fusion-energy-goals 

NERS receives two Helion HERCULES awards to advance fusion energy

https://ners.engin.umich.edu/2026/04/07/ners-receives-two-helion-hercules-awards-to-advance-fusion-energy/ 

Realta Fusion secures HTS magnet supply

https://www.ans.org/news/2026-04-06/article-7910/realta-fusion-secures-hts-magnet-supply/ 

New junior research group on legal issues relating to fusion energy

https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/einblick/single/news/legal-junior-research-group-fusion-energy/ 

The AI-Energy Nexus: Why Fusion Is Becoming The Next Big Tech Race

https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/04/03/the-ai-energy-nexus-why-fusion-is-becoming-the-next-big-tech-race/ 

Physicists just solved a strange fusion mystery that stumped experts

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260401071957.htm 

Physicists zero in on the mass of the fundamental W boson particle

https://news.mit.edu/2026/physicists-report-mass-fundamental-w-boson-particle-0408 

Livermore Institute for Fusion Technology Honored for Innovation

https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/livermore-institute-fusion-technology-honored-innovation 

Introducing the Fusion Supply Chain Trade Show

https://www.fusionindustryassociation.org/fusion-supply-chain-trade-show/

Collapsing Plasma May Hold the Key to Cosmic Magnetism

https://scitechdaily.com/collapsing-plasma-may-hold-the-key-to-cosmic-magnetism/ 

Energy Department aims to build full-fledged quantum computer within 3 years

https://www.science.org/content/article/energy-department-aims-build-full-fledged-quantum-computer-within-3-years 

Who’s in the running for DOE Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses?

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7898/whos-in-the-running-for-doe-nuclear-lifecycle-innovation-campuses/ 

Alumna, nuclear leader Kathryn Huff named nuclear engineering and engineering physics chair

https://engineering.wisc.edu/news/alumna-nuclear-leader-kathryn-huff-named-nuclear-engineering-and-engineering-physics-chair/ 

New England governors announce joint support for nuclear energy

https://www.ans.org/news/2026-04-06/article-7909/new-england-governors-announce-joint-support-for-nuclear-energy/ 

Working to advance the nuclear renaissance

https://news.mit.edu/2026/working-to-advance-nuclear-renaissance-dean-price-0403 

Recent Peer-Reviewed Articles of Interest

Plasma wakefield: from accelerators to black holes

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41614-026-00215-z 

Unprecedented robustness of physics-informed atomic energy models at and beyond room temperature

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-026-01965-0 

Dynamics of the water-plasma interface in various discharge modes of atmospheric-pressure plasmas

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-45989-x 

Single-event fast neutron time-of-flight spectrometry with a petawatt-laser-driven neutron source

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-70312-7 

[Of Interest]

AIs can ‘memorize’ data they shouldn’t. Can they be forced to forget?

https://www.science.org/content/article/ais-can-memorize-data-they-shouldn-t-can-they-be-forced-forget 

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission reaches greatest distance from Earth

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-artemis-ii-moon-mission-reaches-greatest-distance-from-earth/ 

Six Ways the IAEA Supports Global Health Through Nuclear Science

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/six-ways-the-iaea-supports-global-health-through-nuclear-science