Scientists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, a national lab run by the U.S. Department of Energy, recently achieved a major milestone in the development of a nuclear fusion reactor, ...

SAN FRANCISCO--A start-up that a Nobel laureate co-founded plans to commercialize a nuclear fusion reactor using laser technology by around 2030. Shuji Nakamura, co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel ...

Abdou, M. et al. 2021. “Physics and technology considerations for the deuterium-tritium fuel cycle.” Nuclear Fusion 61, 013001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A small start-up in New Zealand claims it has created plasma, the first step towards nuclear fusion, in ...

Instead, it uses a levitated dipole reactor (LDR). Nuclear fusion works by replicating the process that stars use to generate energy. At the star’s core, conditions of high temperature and ...

said they will continue to explore the potential of the technology with nuclear fusion research, further advancing its capabilities. In December 2023, the CNNC announced the global opening of HL-3, ...

China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing the country’s first nuclear-powered aircraft ...

Video / Mark Mitchell Nestled in the hills of Wellington’s Ngauranga Gorge is a small company attempting to crack nuclear fusion and building the beginnings of a reactor. OpenStar Technologies ...

BANGKOK (AP) — China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large surface warship, in the clearest sign yet Beijing is advancing toward producing its first nuclear-powered ...

Since then, the Nuclear ... future fusion reactors. The facility is particularly known for experimenting with deuterium-tritium fusion, which is key for future power plants. The UK government ...

In Japan, a nuclear watchdog halted a reactor from spinning up after deciding it was unsafe. In the U.S., the Department of Energy has set a goal of tripling its nuclear capacity by the year 2050.