Instead of igniting fuel pellets with lasers, most fusion power projects—like the Wendelstein 7-X and the JET reactor—have chosen a different path to nuclear fusion. Some of the most ...

The current AI race has reached a bottleneck that can be relieved only by new sources of electrical generation. Read more ...

In 2022, the U.S. National Ignition Facility 's fusion reactor briefly achieved ignition in its core using a different ...

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are revolutionizing ... exemplified by the National Ignition Facility, are bringing us closer to realizing sustainable fusion power. Startups like Helion and Commonwealth ...

Physicists confirm DT fusion insights from a 1938 experiment. The findings connect past theory with current fusion efforts. A ...

EDF has received approval from France’s nuclear safety authority (ASNR) to extend the operational life of its 1,300 MWe ...

Google has taken a major step toward the future of clean energy by partnering with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), an MIT spin-out working to build one of the world’s first commercial fusion ...

A groundbreaking collaboration between Los Alamos scientists and Duke University has resurrected a nearly forgotten 1938 ...

Fives Nordon has secured a contract from EDF to build 300 pieces of boilermaking equipment for France's six new nuclear reactors.

A forgotten fusion experiment from 1938 has been unearthed, revealing a lost discovery that seeded a key concept in modern nuclear physics.