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Officials Give Go-Ahead for UK-Based Fusion Power Project

January 13, 2023 admin al_a, amanda levete, fusion, general fusion, International, news, Nuclear, Plant Design, power, uk

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 20:38:50 +0000

A prototype fusion power plant designed by a UK-based architectural and design firm has been approved by local regulators. The South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning committee on Jan. 11 gave the go-ahead to a project led by renowned architect Amanda Levete. Levete’s AL_A group is expected to build the prototype, developed by Canada’s General Fusion, […]

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Fusion Breakthrough Brings Cheers, Though Challenges Remain

December 19, 2022 admin almonty industries, energy transition ventures, fusion, icf climate center, iter, lawrence livermore national laboratory, longview fusion energy systems, national ignition facility, Nuclear

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:53:08 +0000

The announcement that scientists at a California laboratory achieved a net energy gain from a fusion reaction sparked plenty of debate about what it means for the power generation industry. The breakthrough at the world’s largest nuclear-fusion site—the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the Lawrence Livermore lab—which occurred on Dec. 5 and was publicly announced […]

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Fusion Breakthrough Brings Cheers, Though Challenges Remain

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:53:08 +0000

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DOE Confirms Fusion Energy Milestone at California Lab

December 13, 2022 admin California, DOE, fusion, lawrence livermore national laboratory, national ignition facility, news, Nuclear, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:08:55 +0000

The first nuclear fusion reaction to result in a net energy gain has been successfully completed by scientists at a laboratory in California, a milestone in the decades-long pursuit of a way to produce unlimited energy with no carbon emissions or nuclear waste. U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm made the official announcement Dec. 13 during […]

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U.S. Officials Set to Announce Fusion Energy Breakthrough

December 12, 2022 admin DOE, fusion, Interview, lawrence livermore, news, Nuclear, podcast, power

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 04:46:43 +0000

U.S. scientists reportedly have carried out the first nuclear fusion experiment to achieve a net energy gain. The Dept. of Energy (DOE) is expected to announce the breakthrough on Dec. 13, according to news reports late Sunday. The nuclear power industry has pursued fusion technology for decades, with a renewed emphasis for those efforts in […]

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UK Picks Coal Power Plant as Site for Nuclear Fusion Energy Prototype

October 6, 2022 admin Business, full coverage, fusion, fusion prototype, International, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, step, Technology, tokamak, uk, uk atomic energy authority’s

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 19:03:35 +0000

The UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA’s) ground-breaking STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) prototype fusion energy plant will be built at the site of the West Burton power station, a 1-GW coal-fired plant owned by EDF in North Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands region of England, the UK government announced on Oct. 6. UKAEA, which carries out […]

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Fusion Energy Breakthrough: Record Performance Achieved at JET

February 10, 2022 admin eurofusion, full coverage, fusion, International, iter, jet, joint european torus, news, Nuclear, r&d, Research and Development, tokamak, uk

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:23:33 +0000

Scientists and engineers working at the Joint European Torus (JET) have set a new record for sustained fusion energy. The team on Feb. 9 reported producing 59 megajoules of fusion energy, more than doubling the previous record of 21.7 megajoules set in 1997 at JET. The achievement was touted as “a major step forward on […]

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Canadian Company Has Funding for Fusion Demonstration Plant

December 17, 2019 admin Business, Canada, fission, France, fusion, general fusion, International, iter, jeff bezos, news, Nuclear, Research and Development, Technology, tokomak

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 21:36:28 +0000

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A Canada-based company that wants to commercialize nuclear fusion technology announced Dec. 16 that it raised more than $100 million in its latest round of financing, doubling its financial support. General Fusion, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, is backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The company, which includes investors Bezos Expeditions and Chrysalix Venture Capital, […]

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China’s quest for clean, limitless energy heats up

April 27, 2019 admin China, Energy, fusion, latest news, Latest News Stories, Nuclear, SCIENCE, Technology, World

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 03:47:29 +0000

A ground-breaking fusion reactor built by Chinese scientists is underscoring Beijing’s determination to be at the core of clean energy technology, as it eyes a fully-functioning plant by 2050.

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