In the News

2023

June 2, 2023
U.S. DOE Announces Funding for Eight Fusion Science Companies
Eight companies developing approaches to fusion energy will receive funding from the Energy Act of 2020, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced this week. (Photonics Media)

June 2, 2023
Wrap up: Hammer Time at the NIF
Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and National Nuclear Security Administration head Jill Hruby are too legit to quit. In mid-May, the pair hosted former rapper and “science enthusiast” MC Hammer at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in Livermore California. (Exchange Monitor)

June 2, 2023
U.S. DOE Announces Funding for Eight Fusion Science Companies
The University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) is an integral part of a new groundbreaking project in the field of laser-driven inertial confinement fusion (ICF), as part of a team collaborating with Xcimer Energy Inc., a private company dedicated to developing abundant and carbon-free fusion energy.
(University of Rochester News Center)

June 1, 2023
What Is the Future of Fusion Energy?
Last December physicists working on fusion claimed a breakthrough. A team at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California announced it had extracted more energy from a controlled nuclear fusion reaction than had been used to trigger it. (Scientific American)

June 1, 2023
Laser fusion startups win US Department of Energy backing
Two startup companies working on laser-driven approaches to fusion energy have won significant financial support in a round of funding just announced by the US Department of Energy (DOE). (Optics.org)

June 1, 2023
Foundations Of Stellar Physics And Nuclear Fusion Investigated
Research using the world’s most energetic laser has shed light on the properties of highly compressed matter — essential to understanding the structure of giant planets and stars, and to develop controlled nuclear fusion, a process that could harvest carbon-free energy. (SpaceRef)

June 1, 2023
ESG Focus: The Science And Propects of Fusion
Last December, the United States government-funded National Ignition Facility announced it had broken fusion ground — generating more energy from the nuclei than was injected via laser. A mini media storm ensued.
(FN Arena)

June 1, 2023
USA Grants $46MM for Commercial Fusion Development
In a key step toward a pioneering development, the USA government announced Wednesday $46 million in funding for companies seeking to bring about fusion energy plants. This comes five months after the country announced a breakthrough in nuclear fusion research decades in the making. (Rigzone)

June 2023
Fusion’s Direct Drive
An underdog laser scheme may be best placed to deliver competitive fusion energy.
(Optics and Photonics News)

May 31, 2023
Zap Energy lands $5M federal grant and ‘vote of confidence’ in pursuit of fusion
The Seattle area’s Zap Energy will receive $5 million from a newly launched federal program supporting the commercial development of fusion power. (GeekWire)

May 31, 2023
Under pressure: Foundations of stellar physics and nuclear fusion investigated
Research using the world’s most energetic laser has shed light on the properties of highly compressed matter — essential to understanding the structure of giant planets and stars, and to develop controlled nuclear fusion, a process that could harvest carbon-free energy. (ScienceDaily)

May 30, 2023
First Light Fusion secures grant for ambitious five-year program
First Light”s inertial confinement approach to fusion method leverages the same physics proven by the US National Ignition Facility (NIF), at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
(Nuclear Engineering International Magazine)

May 30, 2023
Fusion demo operational in Germany around 2045 – expert commission
Germany needs more ambition on the way to a fusion power plant and should take advantage of recent fusion breakthroughs, says the commission.
(Power Engineering International)

May 28, 2023
What the Fusion Ignition Breakthrough Really Means for Energy
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory passed a major fusion milestone in December, using 192 lasers to ignite a fusion reaction that produced more energy than was used to trigger it. The surge lasted only for a fleeting moment, but its implications are lasting a lot longer. (CNET)

May 28, 2023
Video: How This Lab Produced a Historic Nuclear Fusion Reaction
(CNET)

May 27, 2023
Congressional Research Service Issues In Focus White Paper on Fusion Energy
The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12411) on fusion energy on May 24, 2023, by Daniel Morgan, science and technology policy specialist. (InsuranceNews.net)

May 26, 2023
When You Think About the High-Tech Future, Put Nuclear Fusion at the Front of the Line
I”ve long said we are under-utilizing nuclear energy. This shouldn”t be controversial; nuclear has something for everyone. (Equities.com)

May 25, 2023
Build Communication Skills For A Successful Career, Says Top Science Influencer
Nuclear physicist Annie Kritcher recalls pursuing a career in math and science because it “gave me a voice.” Today, Kritcher uses her voice—and specialized skill—to lead revolutionary experiments in nuclear fusion, a potential milestone on the path to a clean-energy future. (Forbes)

May 25, 2023
Let’s Talk Exascale: Siting the El Capitan Exascale Supercomputer at LLNL
In the latest episode of the Let’s Talk Exascale Podcast, Scott Gibson speaks with Bronis R. de Supinski about El Capitan, LLNL’s upcoming exascale-class supercomputer. (HPC Wire)

May 24, 2023
Podcast: Tammy Ma: Fusion Ignition and Beyond
Tammy Ma, a plasma physicist at Livermore and a leader among the inertial fusion ignition team, talks about how supercomputing supported that achievement. Tammy also leads the lab’s Inertial Fusion Energy Initiative. (Science in Parallel)

May 24, 2023
Podcast: Japan’s up for fusion — just don’t call it ‘nuclear’
The Japanese government has set out guidelines in an effort to encourage more private sector research and funding in the field of fusion, and it has omitted a key word, “nuclear,” for fear of frightening a nuclear-wary population. (The Japan Times)

May 22, 2023
Fusion Q&A: The Path Forward
Fusion energy could address pollution, climate change, and high energy prices. Berkeley Lab’s Cameron Geddes and Reed Teyber explain how researchers are trying to make it a reality. (Berkeley Lab News Center)

May 22, 2023
Granholm talks nuclear and other energy issues with WSJ
Secretary of energy Jennifer Granholm recently discussed the future of clean energy with Christopher M. Matthews, the U.S. energy editor for the Wall Street Journal. (Nuclear News)

May 22, 2023
Model Devised to Study Vortex Rings in Nuclear Fusion
The model formed by scientists at the University of Michigan could help in the development of the fuel capsule, which reduces the energy lost while attempting to kickstart the reaction that underpins how stars emit light. (AZO Quantum)

May 20, 2023
Demystifying Vortex Rings in Nuclear Fusion, Supernovae
Better understanding the formation of swirling, ring-shaped disturbances—known as vortex rings—could help nuclear fusion researchers compress fuel more efficiently, bringing it closer to becoming a viable energy source. (Mirage News)

May 21, 2023
5 potential paths to a fusion energy breakthrough
Dozens of companies are racing to deliver electricity from fusion — a form of carbon-free electricity often compared to a “star in a bottle.” (The Hill)

May 19, 2023
What is nuclear fusion? The science — and the latest news on it — explained
“If we want to take this forward, public-private partnerships are going to be essential.” These were the words of nuclear scientist and Director of the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Kim Budil, back in January 2023 at Davos a month after her team had made a crucial breakthrough in nuclear fusion — achieving a “net energy gain” in a step towards a cleaner energy future. (World Economic Forum)

May 19, 2023
Blame it on Altman: Microsoft Makes Risky Bet on Nuclear Fusion
Last week, Microsoft made the unlikeliest bet — the tech giant has signed on the dotted line to purchase electricity from a nuclear fusion generator. (Analytics India Magazine)

May 18, 2023
Consortium Of Japanese Companies To Back Promising Fusion Startup
16 companies in Japan, including Mitsubishi Corp., Kansai Electric Power Co. and one government affiliated fund, are readying a $73.6 million investment in a startup working to commercialize fusion power. (OilPrice.com)

May 17, 2023
First nuclear fusion plants to need $7 billion supply chain, survey shows
Companies looking to harness the process that powers the sun and stars to generate electricity expect to spend about $7 billion by the time their first nuclear fusion plants come online, a survey published on Wednesday said.. (Reuters)

May 17, 2023
With Change Comes Choice — And Choices
In 1849, French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr said, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” — or “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” (Forbes)

May 17, 2023
America saw the consequences of a failing electrical grid. What does a sustainable future look like?
And a massive breakthrough last year has put renewed momentum behind nuclear — and specifically nuclear fusion — as the future of energy. (High Plains Public Radio)

May 17, 2023
Microsoft’s big bet on helium-3 fusion explained
Magnets, not lasers, could be secret to endless power (if it actually works). (The Register)

May 17, 2023
Pulse power and transient loads: a very different world
“Pulse power” has received a lot of attention and mass-media exposure recently, as demonstrated by the dramatic example in December 2022. (EDN)

May 16, 2023
Mitsubishi Corp., others make $73.6m bet on fusion power in Japan
The technology is moving toward commercialization, possibly in the 2030s. The National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in the U.S. announced in December 2022 that it had succeeded in creating a fusion reaction that produced more energy than it consumed. (Nikkei Asia)

May 16, 2023
Helion announces first fusion energy purchase agreement with Microsoft
The only facility so far to achieve this the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory using a laser-based fusion system. (Nuclear Engineering International)

May 16, 2023
DOE Celebrates NIF Ignition by Funding R&D Hubs for Inertial Fusion Energy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory hosted current and former staff, government officials, and media on May 8 to celebrate the lab’s achievement of fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) on December 5, 2022. (World-Energy)

May 15, 2023
VIDEO: The Future of Clean Energy With U.S. Secretary of Energy
The Journal’s U.S. Energy Editor, Chris Matthews, sits down with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to discuss America’s route to a clean energy future and what obstacles stand in the way. (The Wall Street Journal)

May 15, 2023
DOE Launches Inertial Fusion Energy Program
Last week, the Department of Energy issued a funding opportunity through which it expects to award a total of $45 million to establish a series of multi-institutional “hubs” for inertial fusion energy R&D.
(American Institute of Physics)

May 15, 2023
See how the work of Clemson University researchers may one day unleash the power of the stars
Interest in fusion heated up worldwide in late 2022. Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility reported they had achieved ignition. (Clemson News)

May 14, 2023
Class offered on nuclear fusion and the future of clean energy
Recently, the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California announced an enormous step forward in the race to provide clean energy. (The Star Democrat)

May 14, 2023
Microsoft Signs Contract to Buy Power From Nuclear Fusion Reactor by 2028
That feat was achieved by a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, whose director Kim Budil predicted it would still take several decades to turn this scientific breakthrough into a commercial one. (Singularity Hub)

May 12, 2023
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved a stunning breakthrough on fusion energy
After generations of trying to produce the power of a star on Earth, a successful nuclear fusion ignition happened in the middle of a December night and was over in 20-billionths of a second. (East Bay Times)

May 12, 2023
From fusion to retooling cancer trials, Eric Lander wants his new group to ‘go after big problems’
Throughout his storied career, Eric Lander has led science projects in just about every setting there is: academia at MIT and Harvard Medical School, independent nonprofit research institutions like the Whitehead and the Broad institutes, startups, think tanks, international consortia, and the federal government. (Stat)

May 12, 2023
This lab achieved a stunning breakthrough on fusion energy
After generations of trying to produce the power of a star on Earth, a successful nuclear fusion ignition happened in the middle of a December night and was over in 20-billionths of a second. (CNN)

May 11, 2023
Livermore Lab ceremony celebrates fusion breakthrough
“Fusion offers the promise of affordable, abundant, reliable, clean energy — it is the holy grail,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said during a special ceremony Monday at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recognizing the accomplishment of the first successful controlled fusion experiment.
(Livermore Vine)

May 11, 2023
Northern Michigan Physicist Makes Time’s 100 Most Influential People
Annie Kritcher is a nuclear engineer and physicist who works at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
(WWTV/WWUP-TV 9&10 News)

May 11, 2023
Helion and Microsoft Lead World Down Nuclear Fusion Rabbit Hole
Recently, there have been a spate of announcements that seem to signal a potential turning point for fusion research. Perhaps most importantly of all, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in December announced that it had gotten energy net gain in a fusion reaction—a process known as ignition. (Gizmodo)

May 11, 2023
Laser upgrade at UK STFC to progress energy, medicine, imaging
This will build on recent successes demonstrated at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and in which CLF contributed to the research.
(Photonics World)

May 10, 2023
Fusion power by 2028? Microsoft is betting on it.
A Washington state start-up backed by hundreds of millions of dollars of venture capital announced Wednesday that it expects to have a fusion power plant built within five years, betting on a vastly faster timeline for harnessing the potentially game-changing energy source than most experts think is plausible.
(Washington Post)

May 10, 2023
Microsoft Inks Deal to Use Fusion Energy by 2028
The future of clean energy is arriving ahead of schedule, at least according to an announcement today from computing giant Microsoft. (Vice)

May 10, 2023
This startup says its first fusion plant is five years away. Experts doubt it.
A startup backed by Sam Altman says it’s on track to flip on the world’s first fusion power plant in five years, dramatically shortening the timeline to a carbon-free energy source that’s eluded scientists for three-quarters of a century. (MIT Technology Review)

May 9, 2023
Bay Area Scientists Celebrate Fusion Breakthrough, Aim to Replicate Historic Moment
Last December, in the early hours of a Monday morning, scientists blasted a diamond-shaped fuel capsule the size of a peppercorn with 192 lasers, producing a controlled fusion ignition that generated more energy than the lasers put into the initial reaction. (KQED)

May 9, 2023
Fusion ignition is subject of presentation
Thousands of employees at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Monday celebrated an accomplishment that's being called a game changer in energy and climate change — trying to replicate how the sun produces energy. (The Daily Record)

May 9, 2023
New laser technology from Leonardo could lead to breakthroughs in multiple fields
This will build on recent successes demonstrated at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and in which CLF contributed to the research. (Asia-Pacific Defence Reporter)

May 8, 2023
Fusion Reaction Celebrated at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Thousands of employees at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Monday celebrated an accomplishment that's being called a game changer in energy and climate change – trying to replicate how the sun produces energy. (NBC Bay Area)

May 8, 2023
Energy Secretary celebrates fusion ignition and its limitless clean energy potential
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is being celebrated for fusion ignition, a modern scientific breakthrough that has the potential for limitless clean energy. (KTVU)

May 8, 2023
Breakevens and breakthroughs: What fusion means for our energy future
Just as 2022 ended, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved a breakthrough in the development of energy technology. (The Hill)

May 8, 2023
DOE announces $45 million for Inertial Fusion Energy
Today, at the celebration ceremony of the historic achievement of fusion ignition at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced a plan to provide up to $45 million to support Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) research and development. (Energy Daily)

May 8, 2023
Fusion Breakthrough Hits Hurdles as Five Experiments Fail
The US government lab that made a long-awaited breakthrough in fusion energy late last year has run five similar experiments since then without being able to replicate the results. (Bloomberg News)

May 7, 2023
Are We on the Verge of a Nuclear Fusion Unlimited Energy Revolution?
The US National Ignition Facility (NIF) firing its lasers at full power showcases the advances in plasma heating and confinement technology. (The Watchdog)

May 6, 2023
The Time Is Finally Right For Nuclear Fusion
A powerful combination of scientific breakthroughs, private and public funding, and governmental support has drastically changed the outlook for commercial nuclear fusion. (OilPrice.com)

May 4, 2023
A Strange 1950s Technology Could Finally Bring Fusion Energy to the Grid
Scientists have spent over 70 years trying to pull nuclear fusion, the super-hot process that powers the Sun, down to Earth — and now they’re closer than ever. (Inverse)

May 2, 2023
Fusion and fission need each other
Fusion and fission may be seen as rivals but fusion technologies can learn a lot from their atom-splitting cousins. It’s not all one way either, collaboration may yet prove to be a success for both fields. (Nuclear Engineering International)

April 28, 2023
Fusion Energy Reaches Prime Time
As impressive as the JET achievement was, an even more dramatic event occurred the following year. In December 2022, researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California achieved something that had never been managed before: net energy from a fusion reaction. (Power)

April 28, 2023
All the Inspiring, Entertaining, and Unforgettable People I Met at The Time 100 Gala
I chatted with Andrea Kritcher, the lead laser engineer and the principal experimentalist at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California. She’s working on smashing hydrogen atoms to provide limitless clean energy. (Katie Couric Media)

April 28, 2023
’Cooking Up Stars’s In Livermore, Changing The World With Fusion Energy
Famed for their fusion breakthrough, local physicists are sharing their ‘recipe for a small star.’ (Patch)

April 28, 2023
This Pioneering Nuclear Fusion Lab Is Gearing Up to Break More Records
Here’s what’s next after the U.S. National Ignition Facility’s breakthrough on nuclear fusion last year.
(Scientific American)

April 27, 2023
Avalanche raises $40M to pursue vision of tiny nuclear fusion reactor
The startup is spurning room-sized reactors in favor of a small, modular design. But it’s unclear when or if fusion technology — large or small — will pan out. (Canary Media)

April 27, 2023
Can fusion energy be cost-competitive and commercially viable? An analysis of magnetically confined reactors
The most advanced method, as demonstrated at the $3bn US National Ignition Facility (NIF), uses very high-powered lasers to heat the fuel and create the compressive shockwave. (Science Direct)

April 26, 2023
#StopWillow; Fusion technology; Emoji fun; Kid Candids; Rosie, the Environmentalist
Nick News reports on the latest #StopWillow GenZ viral campaign to protect the environment; the search for clean energy through fusion technology; fun with emojis; neurodiverse kids; climate activist Rosie Clemans-Cope. (Nick News)

April 26, 2023
This pioneering nuclear-fusion lab is gearing up to break more records
Following the US National Ignition Facility’s breakthrough last year, Nature looks at what’s next. (Nature)

April 26, 2023
LLNL’s Annie Kritcher named to TIME100 for her role in fusion breakthrough
Physicist Andrea “Annie” Kritcher’s dedication to fusion target design has earned her a spot on the TIME100 Most Influential People list for 2023. (Nuclear Newswire)

April 26, 2023
NRC Directs Nuclear Fusion Regulatory Framework
Fusion technology received a boost in 2021 when the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved a milestone of performing a fusion reaction that produced more energy than was put into it. (Energy Central)

April 26, 2023
Which Aussie energy technologies could reshape the ASX by 2030?
The old adage that fusion energy is always 10 years away was recently rocked by the National Ignition Facility’s demonstration of net energy gain. (Stockhead)

April 25, 2023
LLNL’s Dr. Tammy Ma Named 2023 Corones Award Honoree
A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientist who has helped lead the drive to fusion energy breakthroughs is the 2023 recipient of the James Corones Award in Leadership, Community Building and Communication from the Krell Institute. (HPC Wire)

April 25, 2023
With over $3.4 billion in funding since 2021, nuclear fusion set to sprint
The U.S. leads with over a dozen players, including private firms Helion, Zap Energy and Commonwealth Fusion Systems, and public institutions such as Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility, which demonstrated net energy last December. (American Journal of Transportation)

April 25, 2023
Fluor signs laser fusion MOU
Fluor Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Longview Fusion Energy Systems to serve as its engineering and construction partner in designing and planning laser fusion energy for the global energy market. (Modern Power Systems)

April 25, 2023
Tech Moguls Chase Fusion for Power and Profit
The peak interest in fusion has been boosted by a recent breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where last December scientists finally achieved net energy gain from a fusion reaction for the first time in history. (Innovation & Tech Today)

April 24, 2023
Tech Billionaires Bet on Fusion as Holy Grail for Business
Developers mostly in the U.S., Canada and Europe have been riding a wave of momentum since August 2021, when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory came close to achieving more energy in a fusion reaction than was put in with lasers, a goal known as net gain. (Wall Street Journal)

April 24, 2023
Fluor Set for Contract to Develop Pilot Laser Fusion Power Plant
Fluor Corp. will provide preliminary design and engineering, and is negotiating the first contract, under a memorandum of understanding with an energy developer to build a pilot power plant using developing laser fusion technology. (Engineering News-Record)

April 24, 2023
Livermore Lab scientist named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people in the world
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's “Annie” Kritcher has been named to Time magazine’s TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (DanvilleSan Ramon.com)

April 24, 2023
Nuclear fusion ‘could be plugged into the grid in ten years’
A US nuclear fusion project says it will be ready for commercialisation by the early 2030s, as governments and companies rush to invest following a successful experiment in the US. (Energy Monitor)

April 21, 2023
5 Big Advancements We Can Expect in Climate Tech
Last year, researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California achieved a genuine scientific breakthrough, producing the first controlled nuclear fusion reaction that created more energy than required to start the reaction. (Built In)

April 21, 2023
NATO head talks nukes; Livermore scientist is one of Time’s 100; DOE puts Russia on notice and more
Andrea Kritcher, a design physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been named one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. (Exchange Monitor)

April 20, 2023
Nuclear fusion will not be regulated the same way as nuclear fission — a big win for the fusion industry
The top regulatory agency for nuclear materials safety in the U.S. voted unanimously to regulate the burgeoning fusion industry differently than the nuclear fission industry, and fusion startups are celebrating that as a major win. (CNBC)

April 20, 2023
Trust but verify
Perhaps the most famous experimental site is Livermore’s National Ignition Facility (NIF), which focuses 192 laser beams onto a thimble-size target containing hydrogen isotopes to spark tiny fusion explosions. (Science)

April 20, 2023
Video: Time magazine names Bay Area physicist one of the most influential people in the world
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Andrea “Annie” Kritcher has been named to Time magazine’s TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (KTVU Fox 2)

April 20, 2023
Fluor to Bolster Commercialization of Laser Fusion Power
Engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) giant Fluor Corp. will serve as an engineering and construction partner to design and plan laser fusion power plants developed by Longview Fusion Energy Systems—a company leveraging the recent fusion breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). (Power)

April 19, 2023
Why Livermore lab physicist now ranks among A-list celebs, world leaders and royals
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Andrea “Annie” Kritcher has been named to Time magazine’s TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (KRON4)

April 19, 2023
LLNL’s Annie Kritcher Makes TIME100 List
Time Magazine has named Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) design physicist Andrea “Annie” Kritcher to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (The Independent)

April 19, 2023
Lawrence Livermore scientist one of Time Magazine’s most influential
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Annie Kritcher has been named to Time magazine’s TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (San Mateo Daily Journal)

April 19, 2023
Irving-Based Fluor Signs On as Engineering and Construction Partner for a Laser Fusion Power Project
Can laser beams light the way to a world-changing future of clean fusion energy? In December, fusion ignition driven by laser energy was achieved at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility. (Dallas Innovates)

April 19, 2023
Fluor and Longview MoU for laser fusion development
Ed Moses, CEO of Longview Fusion Energy Systems, said its plant design was based on the breakthrough work of USA”s National Ignition Facility (NIF) in “showing the world’s only experimental demonstration of fusion with energy gain” and “will combine modern, efficient lasers and a patented design to replicate these conditions several hundred times a minute — similar to the repetitive pulses in a car engine but delivering over one million horsepower.” (World Nuclear News)

April 19, 2023
Fluor and Longview partner on laser fusion facility
Longview Fusion Energy Systems, Inc. has selected Texas-based Fluor Corporation as engineering and construction partner for the design and planning of laser fusion energy. (Power Engineering International)

April 18, 2023
Livermore scientist named one of Time magazine’s most influential people in the world
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Andrea "Annie" Kritcher has been named to Time magazine’s TIME100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (KTVU)

April 18, 2023
Fluor signs agreement to develop design and engineering for US laser fusion energy plants
The idea for the power plant is based upon a recent breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, showing the experimental demonstration of fusion with energy gain. (Construction Europe)

April 18, 2023
Pushing the boundaries of innovation
One of the biggest recent breakthroughs in clean energy took place in December, when researchers confirmed that they have overcome one of the major barriers to producing clean energy from fusion.
(Aerospace Manufacturing)

April 15, 2023
Tiny fixing key to fusion power
Last December, a major step forward was achieved with a fusion reaction at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the USA — it yielded more energy than was required to start it. (Fastener + Fixing Magazine)

April 15, 2023
Livermore National Laboratory official to visit CCCC for program on ‘world first fusion ignition’
Dr. Zhi M. Liao, workforce manager for the National Ignition Facility & Photon Sciences Directorate (NIF&PS) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), will visit Central Carolina Community College for a special presentation at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic & Conference Center.
(The Sanford Herald)

April 15, 2023
Nuclear Fusion Is Not A Silver Bullet Solution
Last December, researchers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California made a massive breakthrough when they became the first team to finally break through what is still nuclear fusion’s most significant: creating net positive energy from the reaction.
(OilPrice.com)

April 14, 2023
TC Native Named One of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People
Traverse City native Andrea Kritcher, a nuclear engineer and physicist who works at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2023. (Traverse City Ticker)

April 13, 2023
The 100 Most Influential People of 2023: Andrea Kritcher
Her work is one more example in decades of passionate research from hundreds of scientists, engineers, and technicians that made the fusion breakthrough possible. (Time)

April 13, 2023
LLNL’s Annie Kritcher Named to TIME100 for Fusion Research
Time magazine has named Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) design physicist Andrea “Annie” Kritcher to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world for her role as the principal designer for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) experiment that produced fusion ignition in a laboratory for the first time. (Inside HPC)

April 13, 2023
Daily on Energy
Time named design physicist Andrea Kritcher, who oversaw design of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory experiment that resulted in last year’s fusion energy breakthrough, to its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. (Washington Examiner)

April 13, 2023
The earliest DT nuclear fusion discoveries
Fusion energy research has seen exciting recent breakthroughs. The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has achieved ignition, and in the United Kingdom, the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy’s Joint European Torus (JET) has produced a record 59 megajoules of fusion energy. (Nuclear Newswirer)

April 12, 2023
Local facility secures $2.7 million contract extension with Raytheon
They also provide special glass for the National Ignition Facility. (Fox 56 WOLF)

April 11, 2023
NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby Offers Frank Answers On LANL Plutonium Pit Production And More During Hybrid Town Hall Meeting In Santa Fe
It was described by some as a somewhat momentous occasion last Tuesday evening (April 4) when Jill Hruby and William “Ike” White joined Santa Fe County Commission Chair Anna Hansen on the dais for a hybrid town hall meeting at the Santa Fe Convention Center, which was attended by some 250 people in person and another 200 online. (Los Alamos Reporter)

April 11, 2023
No, Fusion Energy Won’t Be ‘Limitless’
Last December, researchers at California’s National Ignition Facility achieved what many in the fusion industry have called its ‘Wright brothers” moment. (Wired)

April 11, 2023
An Optimist’s View Of Technology
LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment to reach scientific energy breakeven—the point when fusion produces more energy than the laser energy required to drive the process. (Forbes)

April 10, 2023
Podcast: What Is Fusion? | Exploring The Intricacies Of An Immensely Powerful Form Of Energy
Joining us today is Andrea “Annie” Lynn Kritcher, a nuclear engineer and physicist at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (Finding Genius Podcast)

April 10, 2023
Eni Expands Collaboration With MIT Spinoff To Demonstrate Industrial Fusion Energy
LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment to reach scientific energy breakeven—the point when fusion produces more energy than the laser energy required to drive the process. (Journal of Petroleum Technology)

April 7, 2023
35% of climate segments on corporate broadcast TV news in 2022 featured climate solutions
There were 5 segments on fusion power that aired between December 12 and December 14; these segments discussed a scientific fusion breakthrough that occurred at the U.S. National Ignition Facility in California, where for the first time scientists achieved ignition gain (creating more energy than was pumped in) in fusion testing — a process where more energy was released than was used by the lab’s lasers. (Media Matters)

April 7, 2023
New GAO report focuses on fusion
The important recent fusion research developments noted in the report include the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and advances in other kinds of technology that can be applied to fusion, such as computer modeling that helps researchers predict the behavior of plasma.
(Nuclear Newswire)

April 7, 2023
DOE Budget Priorities Questioned by New House Republican Majority
House appropriators for the Department of Energy previewed their priorities at a hearing on DOE’s budget request for fiscal year 2024, the first since Republicans won control of the House. (AIP)

April 6, 2023
Replicating Nuclear Energy Operations in Digital Twins
PTC, known for its Creo design and simulation software suite, has a long history serving the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), stretching over 25 years. (Digital Engineering 24/7)

April 5, 2023
LLNL Director Discusses Fusion Energy at Commonwealth Club
In a talk last week to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, the director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) described the promise and the challenge of trying to harness nuclear fusion as an energy source. (The Independent)

April 4, 2023
Our Fusion Future—Lawrence Livermore Director Kim Budil
In late 2022, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory made a long-sought breakthrough, achieving self-sustaining “fusion ignition” for the first time and generating breakeven energy. (Commonwealth Club of California Podcast)

April 4, 2023
What the latest nuclear fusion breakthrough means for engineers
“It’s not all solved, and that’s a good thing.” Dr Melanie Windridge is, naturally, excited about the breakthrough announced by an American laboratory late last year. (Institution of Mechanical Engineers)

April 3, 2023
The big idea: will fusion power save us from the climate crisis?
Recent breakthroughs have been wildly hyped — but there’s still reason to hope. (The Guardian)

April 1, 2023
A Twisted Reactor From Hell Could Propel Nuclear Fusion Forward
Following the success of the National Ignition Facility’s fusion test in December 2022, companies have began investigating ways to turn inertial confinement fusion into a green energy revolution. (Popular Mechanics)

March 31, 2023
Glass sensors being developed to withstand fusion environment
A UK project is underway to develop new sensors that can monitor commercial nuclear fusion reactors in real time. (The Engineer)

March 30, 2023
US energy officials release strategy to boost offshore wind
The U.S. Energy Department has announced a new strategy to meet the goal of vastly expanding offshore wind energy to address climate change. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

March 29, 2023
Nuclear Fusion & the Green Energy Movement
As of December 2022, the impossible has become a (future) possible! (The Oakland Post)

March 29, 2023
Is nuclear fusion capable of being a revolutionary energy source?
Nuclear fusion has been in the headlines in recent times, most notably when the US Department of Energy announced "fusion ignition" last year. (Brainstorm)

March 27, 2023
How lifetime emissions of different energy sources stack up
After six decades of experiments, scientists from the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced an energy breakthrough in December 2022: a nuclear fusion reactor had produced more energy than was used to run it. (Lansing City Pulse)

March 23, 2023
Innovative companies to be honored at #GameChangers Awards
Receiving this year’s Founder’s Award is the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory National Ignition Facility (NIF) Fusion Ignition Team. (Livermore Vine)

March 22, 2023
Fusion power is coming back into fashion
They are all following a path pioneered by the National Ignition Facility (NIF), an American government project to study the physics of atomic weapons. (The Economist)

March 21, 2023
15 Women Who Broke Barriers In Silicon Valley
These individuals have broken barriers, shattered stereotypes and inspired change in Silicon Valley. (San Jose Spotlight)

March 21, 2023
Podcast: Checking in from NIF — Laser-Driven Fusion — with Jean-Michel Di Nicola
Three-and-a-half months after December 2022's breakthrough experimental result that yielded fusion ignition, Jean-Michel Di Nicola, chief engineer of laser systems at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) and acting program co-director for laser science and system engineering at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, provides an update on sustained progress in fusion science. (Photonics Media)

March 21, 2023
Steps toward fusion, and the island company that took part
For a brief instant, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory National Ignition Facility, NIF, in Livermore, California, created fusion Dec. 5, giving hope to the dream of a limitless clean energy source. An island-grown company, Luxel, took part in making that moment occur. (The Journal of the San Juan Islands)

March 18 2023
Video: Nuclear fusion, explained
Scientists produced the world’s first fusion reaction with net energy gain — a major milestone in the decades-long quest for unlimited, cheap, clean power. Here’s what that means. (Washington Post)

March 16, 2023
FY24 Science Budget Proposals Coming Into Focus
Science agencies are releasing details of President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request, which prioritizes research related to emerging technologies and climate change and includes a new emphasis on fusion energy. (American Institute of Physics)

March 15, 2023
Building a star on Earth – our quest for fusion energy
Dr Jonathan Squire explains the physics involved in the National Ignition Facility’s fusion breakthrough that made world headlines this week, and why it’s such a big deal for the future of clean energy. (Best in New Zealand)

March 15, 2023
Regulating the Power of the Sun: Fusion Energy Breakeven Is a Breakthrough
Fusion energy is hot. And not just literally. The scientific community is abuzz about a recent announcement that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists achieved the first energy breakeven from a fusion reaction. (JD Supra)

March 15, 2023
Can Hydrogen and Nuclear Save Us?
Most notably on 5th December 2022, scientists and researchers at the National Ignition Facility in California made an historic breakthrough with nuclear fusion. (Master Investor)

March 14, 2023
Major Trends Shaping The Greener Economy
Experiments conducted by scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully produced fusion ignition. (Forbes)

March 10, 2023
A fusion of science and fun: Discovery Center gives rare glimpse into lab’s secretive world
At its heart is a half-size replica of the targeting dome at the lab’s National Ignition Facility (NIF), which just made worldwide news in December for achieving nuclear fusion for the first time in history.
(Local News Matters)

March 10, 2023
Beyer: Biden Budget ‘Roadmap To Stronger, Healthier America’
This funding will help build on the incredible breakthrough we saw in December at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility, by moving us closer to commercialization. (Falls Church News-Press)

March 10, 2023
Russia Is Powering Up a Giant Laser to Test Its Nukes
To check that atomic weapons work, scientists run simulations of explosions using high-energy lasers—and Russia is building the strongest one of all. (Wired)

March 9, 2023
World’s fastest burst-mode X-ray camera hits the road
Camera sensors built at Sandia’s Microsystems Engineering, Science and Applications Complex can be found at major research facilities such as the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which achieved fusion ignition in 2022, the OMEGA laser at the University of Rochester in New York and Sandia’s own Z Pulsed Power Facility. (Science X)

March 9, 2023
What is fusion and why it’s so hard
Fusion could solve climate change and power our planet overnight. Small steps were made in the US in Dec. 2022. We are not there yet but the key is to not stop trying. (Green Prophet)

March 8, 2023
Representative Swalwell Hosts Pleasanton Town Hall Meeting
Other topics discussed included advances in science made recently at Lawrence Livermore Labs, including the breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility, and the ongoing need for social and mental health services at the local level. (The Independent)

March 7, 2023
Laser shots at National Ignition Facility could spark additional discoveries in astrophysics
In December, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory made headlines worldwide. (Newswise)

March 6, 2023
Visiting officials from DOE’s Office of Science learn about PPPL’s expanded mission
The Feb. 10 visit by Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science, along with Harriet Kung, deputy director for science programs, comes at an exciting time in the development of fusion energy. (Princeton News)

March 6, 2023
IAEA Seeks Synopses for Fusion Energy Conference
Authors interested in presenting a contributed paper at the 29th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference (FEC 2023) have until 16 March 2023 to submit a two-page synopsis. (Mirage News)

March 4, 2023
Compact nuclear fusion 1 million times more effective than other types, claims Israeli startup
The announcement of a potential nuclear fusion breakthrough from researchers at the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) in late 2022 sparked great excitement in a planet searching for sustainable energy sources. (Interesting Engineering)

March 3, 2023
Is nuclear fusion power the future of renewable energy?
Breakthroughs in nuclear fusion could change the conversation around power sources. (Quartz)

March 3, 2023
Green Energy Game-Changer? The Environmental Benefits of Nuclear Fusion
Last December, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment in history to generate more energy than it took to create, putting the U.S. on the path toward stabilizing nuclear fusion and potentially unlocking limitless clean energy; a development which, on a larger scale, could bring an end to carbon-emitting energy sources. (The Debrief)

March 3, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy To Upgrade Its Aging Fleet of Nuclear Reactors, Here’s How
But beyond nuclear fission, nuclear fusion has only recently entered the public discussion on global energy as something even remotely viable to achieve. When the National Ignition Facility in California achieved scientific breakeven last year, it signaled to the world at large that something revolutionary had taken place.
(Auto Evolution)

March 2, 2023
Lawmakers offer contrasting views on how to compete with China in science
Democrats on the science committee repeatedly cited Livermore’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) as evidence that basic science can contribute to both economic growth and national security. (Science)

March 2, 2023
Predictions for 2023: A make-or-break year for startups
I believe there will be more milestones achieved at Lawrence Livermore’s National Ignition Facility and an increase in investment in startups looking to commercialize fusion technology. This is the first time in human history that fusion energy is actually only a decade away. (Fast Company)

March 1, 2023
It’s Time to Fall in Love with Nuclear Fusion—Again
Let’s indulge: Once fusion arrives, handmade suns could wipe out all human problems in a go. (Wired)

March 1, 2023
Path to Fusion Power Pits Giant Lasers Against Powerful Magnets
How two approaches to nuclear fusion could create endless clean energy. (Bloomberg)

March 1, 2023
FY23 Budget Outcomes: National Nuclear Security Administration
The appropriation set minimum funding levels for the three main facilities supported by the ICF program: $380 million for the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, a $30 million increase over last year’s minimum; $83 million for the Z Pulsed Power Facility at Sandia National Labs, a $16 million increase; and $86 million for the OMEGA Laser Facility at the University of Rochester, a $3 million increase. (AIP)

March 1, 2023
The science of fusion ignition
On December 5, 2022, scientists for the first time successfully produced more energy from a nuclear fusion experiment than the laser energy used to power it. (Electronics 360)

March 1, 2023
Bridge to the Energy Future
Fusion ignition is an historic achievement, but we’ll need machine intelligence to achieve clean nuclear energy. (Boss Magazine)

February 28, 2023
The tiny diamond sphere that could unlock clean power
At 1:03 a.m. on Monday 5 December, scientists at the National Ignition Facility in California aimed their 192 beam laser at a cylinder containing a tiny diamond fuel capsule. (BBC)

February 28, 2023
Reactor experiment demonstrates alternative fusion scheme
Researchers in Japan have demonstrated, for the first time in a fusion reactor, a type of fuel that is plentiful and doesn’t produce damaging particles. (Science)

February 28, 2023
How lifetime emissions of different energy sources stack up
After six decades of experiments, scientists from the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced an energy breakthrough in December 2022: a nuclear fusion reactor had produced more energy than was used to run it. (WFMZ)

February 28, 2023
How lifetime emissions of different energy sources stack up
After six decades of experiments, scientists from the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced an energy breakthrough in December 2022: a nuclear fusion reactor had produced more energy than was used to run it. (The Elkhart Truth)

February 28, 2023
ITER: A new era for energy
It is terrific news for the National Ignition Facility team and the fusion community because, as mentioned before, we need to foster more awareness and engage in a more dynamic conversation with policymakers and citizens to understand the significance of this breakthrough, and its prospect. (Innovation News Network)

February 28, 2023
Group Touts Milestone for Hydrogen-Boron Fusion Power
A California-based group said it has completed the first-ever hydrogen-boron fusion experiments to produce a sustainable fuel for utility-scale fusion power. (Power)

February 28, 2023
Nuclear fusion breakthrough for TAE Technologies with hydrogen-boron
Another major nuclear fusion breakthrough has been reported, with the first successful hydrogen-boron fusion experiments in a magnetically confined fusion plasma. (Proactive)

February 28, 2023
US-Japan team hails H2-boron plasma fusion breakthrough
California-based TAE Technologies and Japan’s National Institute for Fusion Science claim success testing new fuel cycle, opening door to cleaner, lower cost energy than produced by conventional deuterium-tritium-based process. (Recharge)

February 28, 2023
Scientists are using a tiny diamond sphere that could change life as we know it
Sometimes the biggest changes can come from the smallest of things and this is definitely the case for a bunch of scientists who have discovered a tiny in size but colossal in impact game-changer for the world. (Unilad)

February 28, 2023
Fusion Reaction: How AI, HPC Are Energizing Science
A principal investigator at Lawrence Livermore shares how machine learning on the world’s fastest systems catalyzed the lab’s breakthrough. (Nvidia)

February 28, 2023
The minuscule diamond sphere that can enable sustainable energy
Scientists at the National Ignition Facility in California pointed their 192 beam laser at a cylinder carrying a small diamond fuel capsule at 1:03am on Monday, December 5. (Compsmag)

February 28, 2023
Future Potential of Fusion Energy
In December 2022, scientists at the US Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory promulgated that they achieved a fusion reaction with net energy gain for the first time. (Modern Diplomacy)

February 27, 2023
Point/Counterpoint: Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future
Several weeks ago, nuclear fusion topped headlines around the world when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced an essential milestone in developing this nascent technology. (Duluth News Tribune)

February 24, 2023
11 recent scientific breakthroughs
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced in December that they had produced the first fusion reaction that created more energy than was used to start it. (The Week)

February 24, 2023
What are the top Israel tech trends for 2023?
The announcement by the National Ignition Facility at California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that it had achieved a breakthrough in producing nuclear fusion ignited a power generation frenzy that has reached Israel. (The Jerusalem Post)

February 24, 2023
Opinion: The shot heard around the world
The National Ignition Facility recently made an important breakthrough in nuclear fusion. Is it enough to one day save us from our adversity to energy policy intelligence? (Idaho State Journal)

February 24, 2023
Computational modelling in support of progress towards nuclear fusion energy breakeven
The recent success at the National Ignition Facility in achieving fusion ignition has been remarkable for the fusion community as it has highlighted to the world that the path to controlled nuclear fusion, and eventually to a fusion reactor powerplant, is indeed attainable. (Innovation News Network)

February 24, 2023
Nanotechnology with a perspective on nuclear fusion
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) announced already an energy gain ratio of 1.5, although the energy which reached the fuel target was estimated, not directly measured. (Open Access Government)

February 23, 2023
Using massive lasers to understand planetary physics
One of those lasers is Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF), which was featured heavily in the news recently for accomplishing fusion with a net gain of energy. (Nevada Today)

February 23, 2023
Europe’s fusion energy journey
The results of the fusion experiments at the National Ignition Facility in California were the first ever demonstration of ‘breakeven’ fusion energy, yielding a target gain of energy of more than 100%. The US researchers working on this achievement should be congratulated. (Innovation News Network)

February 22, 2023
UAF research contributes to progress on fusion energy
Fairbanks and nuclear fusion research usually aren’t mentioned in the same sentence. But they could be. (KINY)

February 22, 2023
China tops nuclear fusion patent ranking, beating U.S.
China has raced ahead of the pack in filing patents in nuclear fusion technology, pointing to its ambition to master the science and take the lead in the development of an alternative to fossil fuels. (Nikkei Asia)

February 21, 2023
Fusion energy research rewards science
Commercial fusion is the goal, but we can benefit from the fascinating science being done in the process.
(The Naked Scientists)

February 20, 2023
Science and Innovation Minister announces international hub for fusion development
Fusion energy has been very much in the news since it was revealed that using the world’s biggest laser, the US National Ignition Facility in California had conducted fusion experiments which released more energy than was put in. (Air Quality News)

February 20, 2023
Fusion Breakthrough?
The U.S. Department of Energy has identified a research and development agenda for a suite of technologies and processes to enable fusion. (Forbes)

February 20, 2023
Five Enabling Technologies A Fusion Industry Will Need
What is revolutionary nowadays is that scientists at the National Ignition Facility at California’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory produced a fusion reaction in a controlled manner that required less energy than was input. (Yeshiva University Observer)

February 19, 2023
Fusion Is About To Become A Must-Have Investment, DOE Official Says
Investment in fusion energy is about to go mainstream, according to the lead fusion coordinator for the U.S. Department of Energy. (Forbes)

February 17, 2023
Longview Fusion and Focused Energy
Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) using lasers would resemble the rapid-fire explosions of an internal combustion engine. The NIF’s (National Ignition Facility) shot had a one-off ignition event. (Next Big Future)

February 16, 2023
Commonwealth Fusion Systems celebrates newest campus at Devens
Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility in California were able to produce the first fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain last December, while CFS’s compact SPARC technology is expected to do the same. (The Lowell Sun)

February 16, 2023
Milestone reached on road to nuclear fusion
Intensive research is under way to develop practical fusion power, principally at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California and the International Experimental Thermonuclear Reactor (ITER) in France, a collaborative effort between the European Union, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. (The Irish Times)

February 16, 2023
Nuclear Fusion: What This Scientific Breakthrough Really Means For Energy
But recently, on 13 December 2022, the US Department of Energy declared that they reached a new milestone in energy generation. The announcement states that the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved some kind of ignition in nuclear fusion a few weeks prior to the announcement. (ICE Business Times)

February 15, 2023
Startups try to turn laser fusion success into clean power plants
Following in footsteps of National Ignition Facility, companies aim to trigger rapid-fire fusion blasts. (Science)

February 15, 2023
Fusion experiment’s success portends abundant, clean energy in future
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory recently achieved the first nuclear fusion reaction that generated more energy than it took to produce the reaction. (South Carolina Public Radio)

February 15, 2023
Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough: An Interview with Dr Victor Nian, co-founder & CEO of Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources
In an exclusive interview with Earth.Org, Dr Victor Nian, co-founder and CEO of the Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources (CSER), an independent Singapore-based think tank and founding member, elected council member and Honourary General Secretary of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies, an Australia-based global non-profit professional society, shared his take on the recent nuclear fusion breakthrough in the United States, and the outlook of nuclear energy in the ASEAN landscape. (Earth.org)

February 14, 2023
Saint Helena Forum hosts talk about nuclear fusion with acclaimed plasma physicist
The Saint Helena Forum for Innovation & Creativity will present a free virtual discussion about “Recent Milestones, Current Status and Future Prospects for Nuclear Fusion as a Viable Energy Source” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28. (Napa Valley Register)

February 13, 2023
Everything you need to know about fusion energy
Podcast: Fusion — the act of deriving energy by smashing atoms together — has long been the stuff of science fiction. But thanks to a recent scientific breakthrough, there has been an increase in public excitement that one day, we might be able to use this as a continuous, clean source of energy. (The Globe and Mail)

February 10, 2023
Secretary of Energy visits Massachusetts facility pioneering fusion energy power plant technology
State and federal dignitaries, including U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, gathered in Massachusetts on Friday for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at a facility that aims to pioneer fusion energy power plants. (WCVB)

February 9, 2023
Heckman: ‘Fusion energy is coming’
‘The old joke used to be, ‘Fusion energy is 25 years into the future and always will be,’ ” Kurt Heckman told a packed recital hall Wednesday night at the Performing Arts Center at Garrett College. “That’s not true anymore,” he continued. “I think we’ll be looking at fusion energy on the grid in a decade — and maybe sooner than that.” (The Garrett County Republican)

February 9, 2023
Massachusetts Fusion Center getting lift from U.S. energy chief
In December, Granholm’s secretariat announced that researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory made a breakthrough “decades in the making” by conducting a fusion experiment that produced more energy via fusion than the laser energy used to create the reaction. (WWLP)

February 9, 2023
First Light Fusion gets next-gen demo go ahead
Oxford-based fusion startup First Light Fusion has inked the go ahead for construction of the Machine 4 demonstration facility at the UKAEA’s nearby Culham campus. (Power Engineering International)

February 9, 2023
Is an EV future sustainable?
On Dec. 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). (Energy Central)

February 8, 2023
LLNL Scientists Honored During State of the Union
Fresh from the scientific milestone of achieving fusion ignition, two Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists said they were honored Tuesday to represent Livermore at President Joseph Biden’s State of the Union address in Washington. (The Independent)

February 7, 2023
Audio: Bay Area laboratory credited at SOTU for its nuclear fusion breakthrough
It may very well be the biggest achievement in the 21st century — creating energy more powerful than the center of the sun, right here on earth. That happened in our backyard in December and it is a game changer for clean energy in the future. (KCBS)

February 7, 2023
Bay Area congressional reps comment on State of the Union address
Lofgren and Swalwell hosted Dr. Tammy Ma, a plasma physicist at LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) who is the lead for the LLNL Inertial Fusion Energy Initiative, and Dr. Kim Budil, Director of LLNL, as their guests (respectively) for the address. Both women were involved in December's scientific breakthrough, when NIF achieved fusion ignition for the first time in human history. (CBS Bay Area)

February 7, 2023
Watch Nuclear Fusion Reactor Form Plasma
What does the inside of a nuclear fusion reactor look like? ‘It looks like the future,” Stuart White, head of communications at Tokamak Energy, told Newsweek. “A spaceship. It’s extremely striking, powerful and exciting. You can't take your eyes off it.” (KCBS)

February 7, 2023
LLNL: Ignition Gives US ”Unique Opportunity” to Lead World”s IFE Research
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)’s historic achievement of fusion ignition on December 5th at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) positions the United States with a &ldsquo;sunique opportunity”s to further lead the world scientific community’s pursuit of developing fusion as a future source of clean energy, according to a newly released report. (HPC Wire)

February 7, 2023
UK launches Industrial Fusion Solutions body
The announcement comes shortly after a major breakthrough for fusion in the US where the US National Ignition Facility in California conducted fusion experiments which released more energy than was put in by the lab’s enormous, high-powered lasers, a landmark achievement known as energy gain. (Gas World)

February 7, 2023
World-first ‘super’ magnet sparks nuclear fusion breakthrough
Last year, scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California became the first to achieve a net energy gain using nuclear fusion power. (Independent)

February 6, 2023
Fusion energy breakthrough sparks calls for more government backing
The fusion energy industry is calling for greater political support, hopeful that a landmark breakthrough by US scientists last year has given policymakers confidence to bet on the nascent sector. (Financial Times)

February 6, 2023
LLNL Director Kim Budil Named to ‘Power 100’ List
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Director Kim Budil has been selected by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the Power 100, an inaugural list highlighting the top 100 business leaders in the Bay Area. (HPC Wire)

February 6, 2023
Delayed Reaction
Researchers at the DOE-funded National Ignition Facility in Livermore, California, managed to ignite a brief fusion reaction that generated more power than was required to trigger it. (City Journal)

February 6, 2023
Expert in Matter Under Extreme Conditions Named Inaugural Lin Chancellor’s Endowed Chair
Farhat Beg, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UC San Diego and a renowned high energy density science expert, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Shao-Chi and Lily Lin Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Engineering Science. (UC San Diego Today)

February 6, 2023
UK / Government Establishes Company To Develop Fusion Prototype Plant
In December 2022, Researchers at the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California announced on that fusion experiments had released more energy than was pumped in by the lab’s enormous, high-powered lasers, a landmark achievement known as ignition or energy gain. (Nucnet)

February 6, 2023
Private company set up to oversee UK’s prototype fusion reactor
The UK government has set up a delivery body tasked with building a prototype fusion energy plant to be sited at West Burton in Nottinghamshire. (The Register)

February 6, 2023
Precise X-ray thermometer for warm dense matter
A recent announcement from the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in the US gave the field of ICF a major boost. (ChemEurope.com)

February 6, 2023
Nuclear fusion startup aims to provide clean energy
In a world seeking renewable sources of energy, the announcement of a potential breakthrough in nuclear fusion from researchers at the US National Ignition Facility in California in late 2022 sparked much excitement. (Israel21c)

February 5, 2023
Albuquerque native, UNM alum part of history-making team to achieve fusion
Daniel Casey was first intrigued by the concept of fusion in high school, getting a chance to see the Sandia National Laboratories Z machine in action. (UNV Newsroom)

February 5, 2023
Recent nuclear fusion breakthrough an exciting development for energy future
There was recently a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. In December, 2022, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory produced a nuclear fusion reaction with a net energy gain. (St. Cloud Times)

February 4, 2023
The Future of Nuclear Fusion: A Discussion with Sharon Ann Holgate
Podcast: How useful will nuclear fusion be? In a major breakthrough last year at the National Ignition Facility in California, 192 lasers achieved fusion — and created energy — for the first time. (Player FM)

February 3, 2023
UK partners to advance inertial confinement fusion
FOLLOWING the US’s major fusion breakthrough with inertial confinement technology, a UK partnership has announced that it will design and construct a demonstrator for a similar approach at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Culham Campus in Oxfordshire, UK. (The Chemical Engineer)

February 3, 2023
Discovery Center at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reopens to public
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Discovery Center has reopened to visits from the public as of Wednesday after a 3-year closure because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Tracy Press)

February 3, 2023
Residential Fusion
On Dec. 5, 2022, a team of scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory produced a tiny blast of something incredible. They created a fusion reaction that generated more energy than it required to catalyze. There is only one reasonable follow-up question: When can I get a fusion reactor to heat water in my home? (PHCP Pros)

February 2, 2023
Dr. Brown: Latest fusion ‘breakthrough’ more hype than sound science
Several decades ago, long before there was any sense of urgency and angst about burning fossil fuels and climate change, scientists began to explore the feasibility of harnessing the way the sun fuses hydrogen nuclei to form helium nuclei as way to create abundant “clean” energy with little or no harmful radiation. (Niagra Now)

February 2, 2023
Now That We’ve Achieved Ignition, How Will It Impact Clean Energy?
In December 2022, researchers at the U.S. National Ignition Facility (NIF) made a breakthrough in the field of nuclear fusion by achieving a phenomenon known as ignition. How was this achieved, and what does this mean for the future of clean energy initiatives? (Thomas Insights)

February 1, 2023
23 good things already happening in 2023
We’re in the first year of the fusion age.The breakthrough nuclear fusion experiment announced by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory a month ago has been compared to the Wright Brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk. (Mashable)

February 1, 2023
“We’ve Brought The Process That Drives The Stars…To Earth.”
In five one-millionths of a second, the world changed. It changed dramatically, it changed essentially, and it changed forever. (Forbes)

February 1, 2023
NT-Tao raises $22M to explore way to generate energy from nuclear fusion
Just last month, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reported that they had successfully generated additional energy through a nuclear fusion experiment. Such promise is why dozens of startups around the world — as well as big companies and corporate labs — are raising and spending billions of dollars to try and solve the problem. (The Madison Leader Gazette)

February 1, 2023
Livermore Lab's Discovery Center reopens to visitors
The Discovery Center also will resume in-person “Fun with Science” field trips. The popular fifth grade excursion introduces students to the science behind NIF, the world's largest and most energetic laser system. (Pleasanton Weekly)

February 1, 2023
Fusion Energy Is New Kid on the Clean Energy Block
On Dec. 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy announced important advancements in fusion energy research that could lead to a plentiful source of energy and clean power. This could be a game changer. (TheSandPaper.net)

January 31, 2023
Nevada National Security Site plays role in landmark fusion breakthrough
It turns out Nevada played a role in a major breakthrough in fusion. (KSNV-TV)

January 31, 2023
Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future, by James Broughel
Nuclear fusion topped headlines around the world in December when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced an essential milestone in developing this nascent technology.
(The Press of Atlantic City)

January 31, 2023
A Long Way From Nuclear Fusion
The nuclear fusion community ended 2022 with a bang, when scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California reported that they had created a reaction that produced more energy than it consumed. (Revista de Prensa)

January 31, 2023
Stellarator Reactors: The Once Forgotten, All-American Approach to Nuclear Fusion
After the National Ignition Facility in California achieved 1.5 times breakeven with a laser-based fusion core in 2022, it’s been a two-horse race between stellarators and tokamaks to see which will be the second to break even. (Auto Evolution)

January 31, 2023
Episode #111: ‘The Future of Energy & Utilities’ with Lincoln Bleveans
After being the second-ever guest on the podcast, we welcome back Lincoln Bleveans. Back in 2019 when Lincoln first joined us in the podcast booth, he was guiding Burbank Water and Power, but in the time since then he’s joined Stanford University as the Executive Director of Sustainability & Management.
(Energy Central Podcasts)

January 31, 2023
Schott Appoints Chris Cassidy President of Schott North America
Schott, the international technology group with a long-standing tradition of inventing specialty glass, has appointed Chris Cassidy as President of Schott North America. (Novus Light Technologies Today)

January 31, 2023
One Step Closer to Fusion Power
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). (Natural Awakenings)

January 30, 2023
URI engineering professor discusses nuclear fusion discovery
A University of Rhode Island professor of mechanical, industrial and systems engineering spoke recently about the U.S. Department of Energy announcement in December that fusion ignition had been achieved at its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (The Westerly Sun)

January 30, 2023
Lawrence Livermore’s Discovery Center Reopens After Long Closure
Visitors will now be able to walk through an updated model of the target chamber of the National Ignition Facility, learn about the lab’s role in combating COVID-19, and an exhibit on the lab’s astronomical discoveries, according to Science Education Program Manager Joanna Albala. (Patch)

January 29, 2023
ITER: A Global Scientific Dream Team Building the World’s Largest Fusion Reactor
Until the National Ignition Facility in California achieved burning plasma using an entirely different type of laser-fusion reactor, this had never been achieved before. (Auto Evolution)

January 29, 2023
Start-ups versprechen die Zukunft der Energie
Zum ersten Mal hat ein Laser Wasserstoffkerne verschmolzen und dabei mehr Energie gewonnen als investiert. (Deutschlandfunk)

January 28, 2023
Tritium: A “High-Octane”, Ultra-Rare Fusion Fuel We Can’t Make Nearly Enough Of
After the National Ignition Facility in California’s first successful scientific breakeven through nuclear fusion, mankind is all the more serious about reaching the promised land of near-limitless fusion energy.
(Auto Evolution)

January 28, 2023
These Researchers Have Developed Metal Alloys That May Support Nuclear Fusion Energy
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers recently reported a net energy gain from nuclear fusion. (Wonderful Engineering)

January 27, 2023
Party of Six in the East Bay
Hollywood legend Rita Moreno leads our lineup of local luminaries, while scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieve a major breakthrough. (Diablo Magazine)

January 27, 2023
Creating Stars, Powering the World — Here Comes Fusion!
In this episode of Grid Talk, host Marty Rosenberg talks with Annie Kritcher, the physicist who designed the successful experiment that recreated the energy source of the sun. (Energy Central)

January 27, 2023
First Light Fusion wants to operate a net gain inertial fusion machine in 2027
Ignition and net gain at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) in December 2022 focused global attention on the prospects of inertial fusion energy (IFE). (Nuclear News)

January 27, 2023
Nuclear Fusion : Could This Be the Next Thing?
December 5th, 2022 will be marked as one of the landmarks on the sustainability of nuclear fusion timeline. (AltEnergyMag.com)

January 26, 2023
Fusion! Designer of Fusion Ignition Experiment, Nuclear Physicist Dr. Annie Kritcher
Learn from Dr. Annie Kritcher, who designed the conditions for this successful experiment, how the breakthrough was achieved. (BuzzSprout)

January 26, 2023
How Close Are We to Nuclear Fusion for Limitless Energy?
Nuclear fusion’s potential for clean, limitless energy sounds like sci-fi, but it’s slowly becoming reality. (Vice)

January 26, 2023
First Light Fusion to build demonstration facility at UKAEA’s Culham Campus
The announcement of the design and construction of the new purpose-built building follows the recent confirmation of net energy gain by the US National Ignition Facility (NIF), at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (Nuclear Engineering International)

January 26, 2023
Oxford’s First Light Fusion agrees to build new fusion facility
The agreement comes after the National Ignition Facility in California’s recent breakthrough, when it managed to produce net energy gain for the first time from a fusion experiment. (Business & Innovation Magazine)

January 25, 2023
First Light Fusion demonstration plant site agreement, targets 2024 construction start
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and First Light Fusion have signed an agreement for the design and construction of a facility to house the company’s new net energy gain demonstrator, Machine 4, at the authority's Culham Campus in Oxfordshire. (World Nuclear News)

January 25, 2023
What’s So Bad About Feeling Good? Why 2022 Was Better Than You Think
Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory created the first nuclear fusion reaction in a laboratory setting that actually produced more energy than it took to start the reaction. This may be a potential first step in a long journey to the holy grail of energy: Abundant carbon free power that produces no nuclear waste. (InterNewsCast)

January 24, 2023
How A&M grad, faculty played roles in December’s fusion breakthrough
When Yu Ding saw news about a nuclear fusion breakthrough last month, he grabbed his phone to show his daughter. Ding is a professor of industrial and systems engineering at Texas A&M University and associate director of the A&M Institute of Data Science. He was excited because he had played a small role in making the decades-long anticipated breakthrough happen. (The Eagle)

January 24, 2023
Photonics West shines light on optical innovation
Plenary sessions for the OPTO and LASE conferences include presentations on high-performance electronic–photonic interfaces, fully integrated photonic systems, and the recent breakthrough in laser fusion at the National Ignition Facility. (Physics World)

January 24, 2023
NIF Laser Systems Chief Engineer to Discuss Historic Fusion Ignition Achievement at Photonics West 2023
On Dec. 5, 2022, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory” (LLNL) Nuclear Ignition Facility (NIF) made history, demonstrating fusion ignition for the first time in a laboratory setting. (Tech Briefs)

January 24, 2023
Livermore Researchers Honored as Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program Fellows
The Oppenheimer Science and Energy Leadership Program (OSELP) has selected four Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists as 2023 fellows. (HPC Wire)

January 23, 2023
From “never” to now: NIF through the lens of 60 Minutes
“Star Power” is the name 60 Minutes producers gave their interpretation of the recent experiment at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) that achieved fusion ignition and net gain. (Nuclear Newswire)

January 23, 2023
When Will Fusion Energy Light Our Homes?
One question for Thomas Nicholas, a computational plasma physicist and former fusion researcher who now studies climate science at Columbia University. (Nautilus)

January 22, 2023
‘Bottling the Sun’: Nuclear fusion as the newest breakthrough in clean energy
On December 5th, 2022, for the first time in nearly a century of controlled fusion research, scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory successfully generated a fusion reaction that produced more energy than that required to start the reaction. This process is called fusion ignition. (The Varsity)

January 22, 2023
A sun-like power source on Earth
Scientists in the United States recently achieved a breakthrough in nuclear fusion, which may enable a new source of clean energy. But there is a long road ahead before laser fusion reactors can feed a power plant. (Hindustan Times)

January 21, 2023
Breakthrough in nuclear fusion boosts clean power hope
Achieving nuclear fusion has long evaded scientists, until last December when the US National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced a significant breakthrough in nuclear fusion. (The Business Standard)

January 20, 2023
Czech physicist: Nuclear power can cause an energy revolution, it is a world change
We entered the industrial revolution, which used the knowledge of thermodynamics. Next came the digital revolution, i.e. the revolution that uses quantum mechanics and Maxwell’s equations. And this new energy revolution, which will use physics, said Milan Holec in Rozstel. (Czechia Posts English)

January 20, 2023
National Ignition Facility’s ignition milestone sparks fresh push for laser fusion
The feat created headlines around the world and stimulated the imagination of the public, politicians and fusion experts alike. (Physics World)

January 20, 2023
A ‘Breakthrough’ In Nuclear Fusion: What Does It Mean for the Future of Energy Generation?
Last month, scientists reported a breakthrough in nuclear fusion research when a reaction resulted in a net energy gain. (Earth.org)

January 19, 2023
Nuclear fusion’s future, according to the woman leading the charge
Inside the gigantic Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where in December, a breakthrough in nuclear fusion was made, the man who first predicted it still works — 60 years later. (World Economic Forum)

January 19, 2023
Can the latest fusion breakthrough bring economic benefits to the Tri-Valley?
The major discovery could see a surge of new investments and spinoff companies looking to capitalize on the revolutionary new technology. (San Francisco Business Times)

January 19, 2023
Vancouver’s energy future looks cleaner, greener, and carbon-emission free
Late last year, American scientists demonstrated a proof-of-concept straight out of a sci-fi novel. The same process that generates energy for the sun and other stars in outer space was replicated on Earth, at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. (Vancouver Tech Journal)

January 19, 2023
DOE funds projects to work on overcoming fusion energy hurdles
In December, DOE announced that a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory had achieved fusion ignition, a breakthrough that captured headlines. (Power Engineering)

January 19, 2023
Can fusion technology be used to counter climate emergencies?
American researchers claim to have significantly improved their long-standing objective of harnessing nuclear fusion to produce electricity. (News9Live)

January 19, 2023
Obernolte counting chickens before they hatch
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories recently announced a successful fusion reaction that produced 3.15 MegaJoules (MJ) of energy from an input of 2.05 MJ of laser input energy. (Redlands Community News)

January 19, 2023
Lighting up the future with fusion
The fusion breakthrough accomplished late last year by the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a remarkable step forward on the road to commercial fusion power.
(Nuclear Engineering International)

January 19, 2023
Nuclear fusion energy breakthrough made in California
The National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California made a breakthrough by producing energy through nuclear fusion. (The Gauntlet)

January 18, 2023
Opinion | U.S. politics is awful — but our science and technology offer hope for the future
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced on Dec. 13 a breakthrough in harnessing nuclear fusion to produce cheap, clean, abundant energy. (Washington Post)

January 18, 2023
Energy Allocates Over $2 Million Following Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough
The U.S. government continues to invest in fusion power as the Department of Energy announced new funding for public-private partnerships. (Nextgov)

January 18, 2023
DOE Announces $2.3 Million for Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Fusion Energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today (Jan 17) announced $2.3 million in funding for 10 projects that will pair private industry with DOE’s National Laboratories to overcome challenges in fusion energy development, an area of research that captivated global attention in December when the Department announced that a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory had achieved fusion ignition. (Electric Energy Online)

January 18, 2023
Monroe County man part of science feat
A fusion science breakthrough decades in the making took place last month, and a Monroe County native played a substantial role in what could be a big step for clean energy. (Republic-Times)

January 18, 2023
Energy Tech: Nuclear Fusion, Solar Energy, Hydrogen and Lithium Projects
Energy technology has come a long way in recent years, with several promising developments aimed at creating a more sustainable future. Nuclear fusion, solar energy, hydrogen, and lithium have the potential to significantly reduce our dependence on fossil fuels for a cleaner future. (DirectIndustry News)

January 17, 2023
Inside the nuclear fusion breakthrough that could be a step to unlimited clean energy in the distant future
Last month, the nearest star to the Earth was in California. In a laboratory, for the first time, the world’s largest lasers forced atoms of hydrogen to fuse together in the same kind of energy producing reaction that fires the sun. It lasted less than a billionth of a second. But, after six decades of toil and failure, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory proved it could be done. (CBS News: 60 Minutes)

January 17, 2023
Energy from fusion: What is the promise? What hurdles remain?
It’s a question that has been tantalizing scientists for almost a century: Can humans tap the same force that powers the stars? On Dec. 5, an experiment by scientists in California signaled yes. Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California produced a brief nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain, or more energy created than was used to start the reaction. (The Christian Science Monitor)

January 17, 2023
Massive Bishop Ranch solar project enters phase two
Following a breakthrough in the future of clean energy at Lawrence Livermore National Lab last month, the Tri-Valley is now set to house another one of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy projects to date, with thousands of new solar panels set for installation at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon. (DanvilleSanRamon.com)

January 17, 2023
Natural gas is about to become the world's biggest green energy source
Carbon capture will not be the only energy technology of the future. New, safer nuclear power plants will be in the mix. The development of a new magnet at MIT and the recent breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore point the way to clean, limitless fusion energy in the coming decades. (Washington Examiner)

January 17, 2023
International deal paves way for UK scientific industry expansion
Goodfellow, which recently delivered materials to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough that shook the world, will work with the Canadian company to build high purity alumina powders into its growing range. (Production Engineering Solutions)

January 17, 2023
A peek into the future as Sam Altman sees it
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory had a nuclear fusion breakthrough last month. (Televisor)

January 16, 2023
How America plans to generate one trillion watts electricity
Decades ago, America’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) began work on a scientific breakthrough that only became a reality on December 5, 2022. That day, a team at LLNL’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it. (The Nation)

January 16, 2023
PTC tech plays key role in Nuclear Fusion breakthrough
One of the UK’s leading digital transformation experts has played a key role in the recent Nuclear Fusion reaction breakthrough that generated more energy than it consumed. (Product Engineering Solutions)

January 16, 2023
3 Innovative Tech Trends to Watch in 2023
The importance of what the US scientists achieved last year can’t be stressed enough. For the first time in history, they successfully made energy with nuclear fusion. (TechTheLead)

January 16, 2023
Why combatting climate change means embracing degrowth
‘Green’ electricity isn’t enough to turn the tide. All of us need to consume less energy, argues Dr Catherine Knight — and that means consuming less of everything. (The Spinoff)

January 16, 2023
U.S. Department of Energy is Testing Materials For Building “Next Generation of Fusion Reactors”
A team of American physicists says they are working to build the world’s next generation of fusion reactors with the aim of generating clean, cost-effective carbon-free energy in the years ahead. (The Debrief)

January 16, 2023
Testing the universe in a lab
Last month, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced a breakthrough in fusion reactions, generating a net-gain in energy. An astrophysicist explains how this fusion research is helping them understand our universe, and the possibility for life on other planets. (Wisconsin Public Radio)

January 16, 2023
Exploring the Potential of Fusion Energy: What is it and How Can It Help?
Recent advances in fusion technology have ignited hopes of this form of energy becoming a key part of worldwide energy production as well as other applications within the next few decades. Power Electronics News)

January 16, 2023
Expert: Commercial Fusion Power Remains Distant
President Joe Biden’s goal of commercial fusion power within 10 years is “a pipe dream,” according to one expert. Newsmax)

January 15, 2023
Fusion power: how close are we? | FT Film
For the first time, US scientists have achieved a fusion reaction with net energy gain. But the dream of limitless zero-carbon energy is still a long way from reality. The FT’s Simon Mundy meets scientists and investors in the UK, France and US, to see how close we really are to commercial fusion power. Financial Times)

January 14, 2023
Los Alamos National Lab played role in fusion breakthrough
A profound breakthrough in nuclear fusion that moved scientists closer to emulating the sun’s energy came in a luminous flash quicker than a blink. (The Santa Fe New Mexican)

January 14, 2023
Unlimited, clean energy is a step closer to reality
Last month, 60 years of research finally culminated in a breakthrough at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory that not only proved the concept but will prime the pump for the flow of private capital necessary to bring the promise to fruition. (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

January 13, 2023
Video: Little Did I Know: Why fusion ignition discovery is a huge deal
What is arguably the biggest science breakthrough of the 21st century happened recently and the story never caught fire like it should have. At least that’s what our own Meteorologist Scott Elnes thought, so he decided to use his precious weekly airwaves allotment to get everyone up to speed without running too deeply into the scientific mud. (Central Oregon Daily News)

January 13, 2023
An Open Letter From A Liberal Arts Graduate
For instance, the news five weeks ago from the National Ignition Facility that, for the first time, a fusion reaction produced more energy than it consumed is pretty cool, don’t you think? My liberal arts studies made me aware of — and fascinated by — something that will not only change global energy production but, fundamentally, the world’s economy. (Forbes)

January 12, 2023
Is Carbon-Free Nuclear Fusion Energy Just Around the Corner?
About 800,000 years after humans first used and controlled fire, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility ignited a new kind of fire for the first time. (Earth 911)

January 11, 2023
After historic milestone in nuclear fusion, clean energy may be on the horizon
Audio: In December, scientists in California produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it. This historic first could lead to more advancements in clean energy. (Texas Public Radio)

January 11, 2023
Nuclear fusion dream moves closer to reality
The breakthrough in nuclear fusion toward the end of last year has brought fresh excitement to the international science community. (Energy Central)

January 11, 2023
Sticky tape for the energy transition: UK nuclear fusion startup snaps up superconductor tape
Interest in nuclear fusion has rocketed in the past couple of years, with record levels of investment flooding into this sub-sector of the energy industry, with last year capped off with the excitement around developments at the US National Ignition Facility. (Proactive)

January 10, 2023
International fusion energy project faces delays, says chief
An international project in nuclear fusion may face "years" of delays, its boss has told AFP, weeks after scientists in the United States announced a breakthrough in their own quest for the coveted goal. (Japan Today)

January 10, 2023
US fusion breakthrough reinforces the case against live nuclear tests, and India should take note
Last month’s fusion ignition breakthrough by scientists in the US reinforced the multilateral norm against live nuclear tests and advanced the earlier work of confining nuclear explosions to within simulation labs.
(South China Morning Post)

January 10, 2023
I’m a video game developer but this technology to drop your energy bill $820 per year is no fantasy
A major breakthrough in fusion energy occurred in 2022 thanks to US scientists. We have a revolutionary opportunity on our hands but Congress must act. (Fox News)

January 9, 2023
Column: Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the future
Last month, nuclear fusion topped headlines around the world when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced an essential milestone in developing this nascent technology. (Meadville Tribune)

January 9, 2023
WSU research leader sees opportunities in nuclear fusion
After 192 lasers blasted onto a bb-sized pellet of hydrogen to achieve nuclear fusion, Chris Keane celebrated along with thousands of researchers who all had a hand in this landmark scientific achievement.
(Energy Central)

January 9, 2023
Fusion reactors: Latest developments on the road to commercial power production
According to the Global Fusion Industry in 2022 report from the Fusion Industry Association, investment in private fusion companies has more than doubled over the last year. (NS Energy)

January 9, 2023
SCHOTT North America Appoints New President
SCHOTT has appointed Chris Cassidy president of SCHOTT North America. (US Glass News Network)

January 8, 2023
What will the fusion breakthrough do for space exploration?
The recent Lawrence Livermore breakthrough, in which scientists created more energy from a fusion reaction than it took to create it, has uses applicable to space exploration. (The Hill)

January 8, 2023
Aggies contribute to nuclear fusion breakthrough
Two former students employed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are among many people with ties to Texas A&M who played a part in the major scientific advancement. (Insite Brazos Valley Magazine)

January 8, 2023
Fusion technology will be a game changer in nuclear energy
If nothing, 2022 will be remembered for the momentous breakthrough in the field of nuclear fusion energy coming 88 years after Italian scientist Enrico Fermi achieved nuclear fission. (The Week Magazine)

January 8, 2023
Adam Tooze: Why Nuclear Fusion Is Not the Holy Grail
A recent breakthrough is good news, but renewables are still the better bet.
(Foreign Policy)

January 8, 2023
Nuclear Fusion Reaches Historic Milestone
For the first time in human history, physicists achieved nuclear fusion at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) on December 5, 2022. (Twisted Sifter)

January 6, 2023
Seaport software company PTC expands reach with $1.5 billion deal
Boston software company PTC has its roots in computer-aided design applications that help companies engineer everything from automobiles to wind turbines to spacesuits, even the National Ignition Facility that just reported a major breakthrough in fusion energy. (Boston Globe)

January 6, 2023
Nuclear fusion breakthrough might change our world but current renewable energy sources will save it
On December 5, at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), part of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, 192 lasers were directed at a miniscule, frozen pellet of deuterium and tritium, heavier forms of hydrogen. (The Pointer)

January 6, 2023
Is Nuclear Fusion Hotter Than the Sun?
Nuclear fusion has been the talk of the town lately because of some milestone breakthroughs bringing us closer to a world with the possibility of infinite free energy. (Newsweek)

January 6, 2023
City of Science: Can a manmade star change how we live?
Last year, scientists made an artificial star. It was a tiny star and it lasted less than a billionth of a second, but it might just change how we all live. (Glasgow Evening Times)

January 6, 2023
2022 recap: IP, science and technology trends that shaped last year
One of the most notable technological developments has been the recent announcement that scientists at the National Ignition Facility have achieved nuclear fusion ignition, producing a hydrogen fusion reaction that released more energy than was required to initiate the reaction. (Lexicology)

January 6, 2023
WSU research leader sees opportunities in nuclear fusion
After 192 lasers blasted onto a bb-sized pellet of hydrogen to achieve nuclear fusion, Chris Keane celebrated along with thousands of researchers who all had a hand in this landmark scientific achievement. (WSU Insider)

January 6, 2023
Schott North America appoints President
Chris Cassidy has been appointed President of Schott North America in addition to his role as President of Schott Pharma USA. (Glass International)

January 6, 2023
Cold fusion news gets mixed reactions
In a breakthrough trumpeted throughout the world, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California recently “surpassed the fusion threshold by delivering 2.05 megajoules of energy to the target, resulting in 3.15 MJ of fusion energy output and demonstrating for the first time a most fundamental science basis for inertial fusion energy,” they said. (Odessa American)

January 5, 2023
Nuclear fusion: The bet that Europe should have won
When the US Department of Energy announced last month that the first positive-energy nuclear fusion operation at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in California had been conducted using inertial confinement fusion technology — which consists of bombarding hydrogen plasma with super-powerful lasers — it marked an historic event. (Sifted)

January 5, 2023
Fusion: A technology always 30 years away
Last month, researchers at the National Ignition Facility in California made a significant breakthrough in energy research. (The Irish Times)

January 5, 2023
Fusion Energy at a Crossroads
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm announced to much fanfare earlier this month that scientists have reached a major milestone in fusion energy research. (The Heritage Foundation)

January 5, 2023
The Geopolitics of Nuclear Fusion
On December 5th, a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) achieved ignition, creating a nuclear reaction which generates more energy than it consumes. (Georgetown Security Studies Review)

January 4, 2023
Is nuclear fusion the next big trend in renewable energy?
A breakthrough in nuclear fusion changed the game for future clean energy generation. But are nuclear-powered neighborhoods in our immediate future? (GreenBiz)

January 4, 2023
Point: Nuclear Fusion Is the Energy Source of the Future
Last month, nuclear fusion topped headlines around the world when scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California announced an essential milestone in developing this nascent technology. (DC Journal)

January 4, 2023
Watch: How close are we to getting energy from nuclear fusion?
On December 13, the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US, announced that it had achieved a ‘net energy gain’ — got out more energy than was put in — by fusion. (Hindu Business Line)

January 3, 2023
Nuclear Fusion: A Greener Future?
The US Department of Energy announced a breakthrough in nuclear fusion. It is an unprecedented triumph in the field of nuclear energy. (Global Village Space)

January 3, 2023
Humanity is seizing the future
With huge breakthroughs in biotechnology, space exploration and nuclear fusion, 2022 laid the groundwork for the next century of innovation. (Spiked)

January 3, 2023
Lawrence Livermore fusion experiment achieves energy break-even
On December 5, a team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF) conducted the first controlled fusion experiment to achieve energy break-even; meaning, it produced more energy from fusion than the laser energy used to drive it. (Electrical Business)

January 3, 2023
France’s Nuclear Energy Grid Is the Toast of Europe, But It’s Not Enough to Save Everyone
With scientific-breakeven achieved by the National Ignition Facility in California last year, expect the ITER facility to achieve similar success sometime in the near future. (Auto Evolution)

January 3, 2023
Commentary: Fusion energy isn’t going to solve today’s climate problem
As a researcher involved in fusion energy development for over five decades, I have read with interest the many articles written about the recent results achieved at the National Ignition Facility at Livermore, California.
(Albany Times Union)

January 2, 2023
Why fusion ignition is being hailed as a major breakthrough in fusion
American scientists have announced what they have called a major breakthrough in a long-elusive goal of creating energy from nuclear fusion. (Salon)

January 2, 2023
Sky Matters: Without thermonuclear fusion there is no me —or you
There has been a lot of news coverage recently about “thermonuclear fusion” following a successful demonstration of its capabilities at the Lawrence Livermore laboratories in the US. (Irish Examiner)

January 2, 2023
Commentary: Fusion dreams have broken many hearts, but finally there is hope
While the rafters are ringing with praise for the nuclear fusion breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, let me inject a sour note. This isn’t the beginning of cheap, safe, nonpolluting electricity. It is a scientific milestone, not an electricity one. (The Post and Courier)

January 1, 2023
Six good reasons for optimism in 2023
After a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion this month, investors are pouring money into companies that want to harness the type of energy that powers the sun and stars. (Khaleej Times)

January 1, 2023
Fusion breakthrough could one day change the world
Scientists made a breakthrough in nuclear fusion earlier last December in a California laboratory. (Korea Times)