The massive, donut-shaped machine, which is also the largest and most powerful tokamak experiment, made headlines when it achieved 69 megajoules (MJ) of energy during a six-second pulse during its ...

Remote handling technologies have been used to remove 66 sample tiles and other components from the Joint European Torus.

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has partnered with a council and a private firm to work on designing future experimental fusion power plants. This collaboration includes the Science ...

A stellarator is still a donut shape, but extended and twisted, with different pros and cons.

Two British public sector entities - the UK Atomic Energy Authority and the Science and Technology Facilities Council's Hartree Centre - have teamed up with US-headquartered technology firm IBM to ...

Scientists in the UK have forged 5.5 tonnes of a new kind of steel capable of withstanding the searing heat and intense neutron radiation of nuclear fusion, the same reaction that powers the Sun and ...

Investment is surging, and fusion power is expected to come online in the next five to 10 years. Today, at least five ...

The UK government has pledged £506 million to support the development of nuclear fusion, aiming to build a prototype power plant by 2040. The investment will also support the repurposing of the UK's ...

Imagine watching a favorite movie when suddenly the sound stops. The data representing the audio is missing. All that's left ...

At a Climate Forward live event, Bob Mumgaard, the chief executive of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, said his company might be near a breakthrough.