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The Report Highlights:

From the fusion Industry View

1. Where Supply Chain Spending is Heading

2. Supply Chain Needs

3. Supply Constraints

From the Fusion Supplier View

​4. Investing to Support Fusion

5. Challenges in Supporting Fusion

Metrology and Data  

Solutions to Support Fusion

Full List of FIA Affiliate - Supplier Members

Environmental Venture Capitalists Know That

Fusion Energy is the Technology That Will

Provide the World Our Energy Future

In this video The Emerson Collective's 

Julien Barber delivers a succinct talk on fusion power today – why we need it, how it works, and its extraordinary benefits – with a clear assessment of the strategic hurdles we must overcome to make it happen.

We need more clean, safe, reliable power to meet the skyrocketing demand driven by population growth, AI, and electrification of industry. Fusion is our best tool to get there

Plus, it's closer than you think!! Science and engineering are no longer the biggest barriers keeping fusion electrons from the grid. The biggest risk we face is capital. At EC, we're investing in energy's holy grail because now is the time to press on the gas

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The Report Highlights:

From the fusion Industry View

1. Where Supply Chain Spending is Heading

2. Supply Chain Needs

3. Supply Constraints

From the Fusion Supplier View

​4. Investing to Support Fusion

5. Challenges in Supporting Fusion

Metrology and Data  

Solutions to Support Fusion

Full List of FIA Affiliate - Supplier Members

SMART Nuclear Fusion Reactor

Edging Closer to Power Future Energy Goals

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Princton Plasma Physics Lab (DoE)

Teams with the University of Seville Spain

on the Design and Development

“The SMART PROJECT is a great example of us all working together to solve the challenges presented by fusion and teaching the next generation what we have already learned,” stated Jack Berkery, principal investigator for the PPPL collaboration with SMART.

Six (6) Companies Have Publicly Stated That They Will Be Able to Provide Power to the Grid by the Early 2030s or Sooner

Links to Corporate Statements

on Target Dates

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Founded

Funding

to Date

2018

$1.8B

Tokamak -  Magnetic Confinement Reactor

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1998

$1.3B

Field Reversed Configuration

Hydrogen Boron Reactor

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2013

$607.6M

Magneto Inertial - Pulsed Heating Reactor

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2002

$440.5M

Magnetized Target  Liquid Metal Compression

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2017

$327M

Z-Pinch Shear Flow Stabilized Reactor

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2009

$142M

Spherical Tokamak Reactor

Magnetic Confinement 

Note Six (6) Different Technologies

Funding amounts published by CrunchTech September 4th, 2024, except Tokamak Energy from Crunch Base

TO GET A FREE COPY OF THE REPORT EMAIL YOUR REQUEST TO:

contact@fusion-energy-news.com    (PDF)

LaserNetUS is Leading the Development of

(IFE) Inertial Fusion Energy

"LaserNetUS supports the development of capabilities to support this area and funds expert scientists to advise and support experimental teams and develop relevant scientific techniques."

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"LaserNetUS is a network of high-power laser facilities supported by the Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES), which aims to advance the frontiers of laser-science research and foster collaboration amongst researchers worldwide."​

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The Report Highlights:

From the fusion Industry View

1. Where Supply Chain Spending is Heading

2. Supply Chain Needs

3. Supply Constraints

From the Fusion Supplier View

​4. Investing to Support Fusion

5. Challenges in Supporting Fusion

Metrology and Data  

Solutions to Support Fusion

Full List of FIA Affiliate - Supplier Members

The Fusion Industry Association Realses

The Fusion Energy Industry 2024 Supply Chain Report

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The Report Highlights:

From the Fusion Industry View

1. Where Supply Chain Spending is Heading

2. Supply Chain Needs

3. Supply Constraints

From Fusion Supplier View

4. Investing to Support Fusion

5. Challenges in Supporting Fussion

Metrology Data

Solutions to Support Fusion

GET A FREE COPY OF THIS AND OTHER REPORTS

FROM THE FUSION INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION HERE

Zap Energy achieves 37-million-degree temperatures in a compact device

Commercial Fusion

New publication reports record electron temperatures for a small-scale, sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch fusion device.
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A bright flash of light from a FuZE (Fusion Z-pinch Experiment) plasma.

new research paper, published this month in Physical Review Letters, details measurements made on Zap Energy’s Fusion Z-pinch Experiment (FuZE) of 1-3 keV plasma electron temperatures — roughly the equivalent of 11 to 37 million degrees Celsius (20 to 66 million degrees Fahrenheit).

In the nine decades since humans first produced fusion reactions, only a few fusion technologies have demonstrated the ability to make a thermal fusion plasma with electron temperatures hotter than 10 million degrees Celsius, roughly the temperature of the core of the sun. Zap Energy’s unique approach, known as a sheared-flow-stabilized Z pinch, has now joined those rarefied ranks, far exceeding this plasma temperature milestone in a device that is a fraction of the scale of its competitors.

General Fusion Confirms Liquid Wall Compression Technology for Commercial Magnetized Target Fusion in New Scientific Publication

Commercial Fusion

RICHMOND, Canada (January 11, 2024): General Fusion has published new, peer-reviewed scientific results that validate the company has achieved the smooth, rapid, and symmetric compression of a liquid cavity that is key to the design of a commercial Magnetized Target Fusion power plant. The results, published in one of the foremost scientific journals in fusion, Fusion Engineering and Design, validate the performance of General Fusion’s proprietary liquid compression technology for Magnetized Target Fusion and are scalable to a commercial machine.

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Peer reviewed test apparatus

Peer Reviewed White Paper

Shape manipulation of a rotating liquid liner imploded by arrays of pneumatic pistons: Experimental and numerical study.

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Toxic "Forever Chemicals"
Are You Aware of PFAS?   If Not, You Should Be

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PFAS is used in manufacturing many of today’s consumer products.

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NUCOR & HELION to Develop
500 MW Fusion Power Plant
Nucor Makes $35 million Investment in Helion
Today, Sept 27th 2023, Nucor North Americas largest recycler of steel and steel products, and Helion Energy, a fusion energy company, announced a collaboration with fusion power company, Helion to develop a 500 MW fusion power plant. This transformational project will offer baseload zero-carbon electricity from fusion directly to a Nucor steelmaking facility. Nucor and Helion are working together to set a firm timeline and are committed to beginning operations as soon as possible with a target of 2030. Nucor is making a direct investment of $35 million in Helion to accelerate fusion deployment in the United States. This is the first fusion energy agreement of this scale in the world and will pave the way for decarbonizing the entire industrial sector.

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces
Net-Zero Game Changer Initiative

Fusion Energy Considered a Game Changer

Fusion in Top 5 to Launch Net-Zero Initiative
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FUSION ENERGY NET GAIN

Nuclear Fusion Lab Achieves ‘Ignition’: What Does It Mean?

Fusion researchers at the U.S. National Ignition Facility created a reaction that made more energy than they put in.

By Jeff TollefsonElizabeth GibneyNature

(Read full article at Scientific American)

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JET Facility, Culham  UK

Technology:

Magnetic Confinement Fusion

JET - Joint Experimental Tokamak Sets Record for sustained fusion energy Eurofusion is the EU consortium the runs the JET experiment (at the UKAEA Culham Fusion Centre that is the prototype guiding the development of the ITER project.   

(Details at EUROfusion Here)

FUSION ENERGY

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EUROfusion is pleased to announce the selection of Professor Ambrogio Fasoli as the new EUROfusion Programme Manager Elect by the EUROfusion General Assembly at their quarterly meeting on 18 July following a rigorous selection process.

Zap Energy Charts Roadmap for Measuring Fusion Gain

Fusion Gain and Triple Product for the Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z Pinch

Triple product is useful when comparing different fusion concepts, such as looking at how sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch devices differ from more traditional fusion devices, such as the tokamak, or other fusion approaches, and can also be used as a simplified proxy for Q.

You can read the review the complete FUSION GAIN ROADMAP in this white paper HERE

For a complete overview you can read the PRESS RELEASE HERE

What Will the Future of Energy Look Like?

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First Look at Tokamak Energy's Fusion Power Plant

Tokamak Energy has today released the first images of its commercial fusion power plant, which will generate enough electricity to power 50,000 homes in the 2030s. 

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PIVOT MAGAZINE'S

Janet Gyenes delivers a business article that tells

a personal story of

growth and commitment,

family and discovery.

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NRC to Regulate Fusion Energy Systems

Based on Existing Nuclear Materials Licensing

10 C.F.R. Part 30 is Accepted

Today, Friday, April 14th, 2023, The Commission has approved the staff’s -SECY-23-0001- Option 2 to license and regulate fusion energy systems under the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s byproduct material framework contained in 10 C.F.R. Part 30, “Rules of General Applicability to Domestic Licensing of Byproduct Material,” and associated regulations. 

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NRC Chair Christopher T. Hanson- “Dozens of companies are developing pilot-scale commercial fusion designs, and while the technology’s precise future in the United States is uncertain, the agency should provide as much regulatory certainty as possible given what we know today. Licensing near-term fusion energy systems under a byproduct material framework will protect public health and safety with a technology-neutral, scalable regulatory approach.”

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Fusion Is About To Become A Must-Have Investment, DOE Official Says

“As the technology continues to mature, there will be a point where private investors feel that they must be invested in fusion, and I feel like we’re starting to reach that inflection point,” Scott Hsu said Thursday in a webinar hosted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

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Private funding moves past public investment in 2021 with over 20 companies pushing to bring fusion energy to the power grid in the early 2030s

Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z-Pinch, Simplifying Fusion Energy

A Bold New Look at a Long-Standing Technology

Zap Energy, near Seattle, Washington has further developed and improved the long-standing Z-Pinch fusion energy technology with shear-flow-stabilizing.

Q & A with Ryan Umstaddt

Vice President of Product

Zap Energy

Also in the article:

Video Address from Scott Hsu, Senior Biden Administration Advisor on Fusion Energy about Z-Pinch fusion Energy

This may be the fastest most economical approach to commercial fusion

Read the complete article and watch additional video content

This Dime-Sized Battery Is a Step Toward an EV With a 1,000-Mile Range

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Lithium-air battery cells photographed in the lab of Mohammad Asadi at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The cells, about the size of a button or a dime, are hooked up to battery analysis equipment. Credit: Illinois Institute of Technology

Two Chicago-area institutions teamed up to develop a solid-state battery that packs a huge energy punch—one that could eventually even power airplanes.

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Lead $29 Million in First Financing

Type One Energy Group Appoints Christofer Mowry as CEO

March 28, 2023 (MADISON, Wisconsin) — Type One Energy announced today the close of an over-subscribed $29 million financing round. This effort launches the company’s ambitious, partner-rich and capital-efficient FusionDirect program to commercialize its stellarator fusion technology.​ Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), TDK Ventures and Doral Energy Tech Ventures co-led the round with additional cleantech investment from Darco, the Grantham Foundation, MILFAM, Orbia Ventures, Shorewind Capital, TRIREC, VAHOCA and others.

Become a Supplier Partner to the Fusion Energy Industry

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On March 28, 2023 at 11am Eastern Standard Time, please join us for an informational webinar. During this webinar, you’ll learn about the challenge directly from representatives of UK Atomic Energy Authority, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, and TechConnect. Additionally, those representatives will answer your questions during a live Q&A session. 

 

                                  REGISTER HERE

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NuScale Power Places First Long Lead Material Production Order with Doosan Enerbility

“Finalizing and submitting this order to our valued partner, Doosan, showcases NuScale’s transition to the manufacturing phase of our modules and highlights our advanced position in the market to deploy our SMR technology to customers by the end of the decade,” said John Hopkins, President and Chief Executive Officer of NuScale.

Order includes key materials necessary for NuScale’s clean-energy technology, the NuScale Power Module™, and is a significant step toward commercialization ... for materials essential to commence manufacturing of the first NuScale Power Modules that are scheduled to be in commercial operation at the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems’ Carbon Free Power Project as early as 2029.

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems and Eni Sign Strategic Framework Agreement

Devens, MA – March 9, 2023 — Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) and Eni today signed a strategic framework agreement to advance the commercialization of fusion energy. This new multi-year collaboration establishes the terms under which a series of work projects now under development could include joint research, development, and deployment opportunities in the advancement of fusion energy and related technologies. This builds on the long-term cooperation between Eni and CFS which started with their early and significant investments in the company.

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First Measurements of Hydrogen-Boron Fusion in a Magnetically Confined Fusion Plasma

As fusion developers around the world race to commercialize fusion energy, TAE Technologies has pioneered the pursuit of the cleanest and most economical path to providing electricity with hydrogen-boron (also known as p-B11 or p11B), an abundant, environmentally sound fuel. Today the company is announcing, in collaboration with Japan's National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), a noteworthy research advancement: the first-ever hydrogen-boron fusion experiments in a magnetically confined fusion plasma.

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ST40 Compact High-Field Spherical Tokamak

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Achievement of Ion Temperatures in Excess of 100 million Degrees

Kelvin in the Compact High-Field Spherical Tokamak ST40

Peer Reviewed - Open Access - Accepted Manuscript  

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Ion temperatures of over 100 million degrees Kelvin (8.6keV) have been produced in the ST40 compact high-field spherical tokamak (ST). Ion temperatures in excess of 5keV have not previously been reached in any ST and have only been obtained in much larger devices with substantially more plasma heating power. The corresponding fusion triple product is calculated to be ni0Ti0τE≈6±2×1018m-3keVs. These results demonstrate for the first time that ion temperatures relevant for commercial magnetic confinement fusion can be obtained in a compact high-field spherical tokamak and bode well for fusion power plants based on the high-field ST.

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Warrick joins the company from Rolls-Royce where he enjoyed a 24-year career holding several leadership positions, most recently as Chief Procurement Officer for the Civil Aerospace division.

Tokamak Energy appoints Rolls-Royce leader Warrick Matthews as Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer

Warrick will lead Tokamak Energy’s business towards its goal of demonstrating grid-ready fusion power by the early 2030s. His experience in global industrial partnerships and supply chain development will be invaluable in executing Tokamak Energy’s ambitious growth strategy.

Fusion Is About To Become A Must-Have Investment, DOE Official Says

“As the technology continues to mature, there will be a point where private investors feel that they must be invested in fusion, and I feel like we’re starting to reach that inflection point,” Scott Hsu said Thursday in a webinar hosted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

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Fusion Development

Private funding moves past public investment in 2021 with over 20 companies pushing to bring fusion energy to the power grid in the early 2030s

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February 16th, 2023

Climate Action

U.S. Department of Energy Announces

$45 Million to Validate Marine

Carbon Dioxide Removal Techniques

ARPA-e Program:

Sensing Exports of Anthropogenic Carbon

through Ocean Observation (SEA-CO2)

SEA CO2 projects will provide the tools to create data-driven, model-based marine carbon accounting frameworks by developing:

  • Sensor technologies that can operate at greater spatial and temporal scales.

  • Regional-scale ocean carbon transport and storage models 

For 13-years, The Energy Innovation Summit has offered a unique, three-day program aimed at moving transformational energy technologies out of the lab and into the market.

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Over the next weeks FENi will highlight the dozens of fusion energy related participants and their projects that will be presented at "The Summit"

Technologies We Will Detail Include:

  • Additive Manufacturing

  • Plasma Facing Materials

  • HTS Magnetics

  • Shear Flow Stabilized Z-Pinch

  • Fusion Power to the Grid

This week our first topic in this

Energy Innovation Summit - Primer will be TRITIUM.

Tritium

Breeding, Handling, Managing, Mitigating & Simulating

PRIMER TO THE ARPA-e ENERGY INNOVATION SUMMIT

ARPA-e & U.S. Department of Energy

  •       Savannah River National Laboratory (SNRL) - Booth #630

    • Direct Lithium Tritide (LiT) Electroysis – to reduce the complexity and footprint of tritium extraction from breeding-blanket materials

    • Tritium Handling Vaccuum Pump - demonstrates a hydrocarbon pump oil-recycling loop process that can selectively remove heavier hydrogen isotopes

  •      NK Labs – Booth #614

    • Conditions for muon catalyzed fusion – techniques from the field of high-pressure physics, will simultaneously heat, pressurize, and bombard a fusion (D-T) fuel with muons,

  •      Colorado School of Mines – Booth #646

    • Interfacial-Engineered Membranes for Efficient Tritium Extraction - demonstrate engineered composite membranes for efficient tritium extraction from breeder media and the vessel exhaust

  •      PPPL & Woodruff Scientific – Booth #622

    • Develops fusion plant cost analysis programs for technology-to-market and identifies costliest aspects of various concept models.

  •      ARPA-e  - Booth #616

    • Capabilities in theory, modeling, and validation for a range of innovative fusion concepts using high-fidelity moment-kinetic models - addresses how plasma dynamics in the fusion plasma will couple with both liquid-metal and electrode-material dynamics for fusion energy

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) - Booth #638

    •      Fusion Energy Reactor Models Integrator (FERMI) - simulates the first wall and blanket for power extraction and tritium breeding

  • University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Booth #626

    • Renewable low-Z wall for fusion reactors with built-in tritium recovery - a low-atomic-number renewable wall for fusion devices - concept allows large heat flow handling and recovery away from the plasma and wall

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MARCH 22nd through MARCH 24th, 2023 Washington D.C.

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Devens MA, Feb 10, 2023 Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) officially opened its new campus

to support the development and deployment of commercial fusion energy.

Phase 1 development of the new campus, which broke ground 18 months ago, includes:

SPARC facility: SPARC is a compact tokamak fusion device that will produce fusion power at a level needed to design commercially viable power plants. SPARC is based on the previously demonstrated HTS technology and builds on decades of proven tokamak science. SPARC is predicted through peer reviewed papers and based on the same assumptions in large international projects to produce over 100 MW of fusion power at fusion gains of Q>10. The facility, under active construction, will be operational in 2025 and achieve net energy soon thereafter, demonstrating that the fusion plasmas can form the basis of a power source and pave the way for the first fusion power plant, ARC, that is expected to start feeding energy into the grid in the early 2030s.

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Tokamak Energy’s compact spherical tokamak, ST80-HTS, will demonstrate multiple technologies required for the delivery of clean, sustainable fusion energy.

Commercial Fusion

Tokamak Energy's ST80-HTS, spherical tokamak design.

More information at: www.tokamakenergy.co.uk

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Chris Kelsall, Tokamak Energy CEO, said: “Today’s exciting announcement is a major step forward on our mission to demonstrate grid-ready fusion energy by the early 2030s. Our next device, ST80-HTS, aims to validate key engineering solutions needed to make commercial fusion a reality and will showcase our world-class magnet technology at scale. It’s clear public and private partnerships of this nature will be a crucial catalyst for fusion to deliver global energy security and mitigate climate change.”

FIND YOUR CAREER IN FUSION ENERGY

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