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The Fusion Industry Association

Hosted Its 1st Policy Conference 

The key to this successful conference was bringing all the right people together.  Andrew Holland, the CEO of the association brought together a congregation of fusion industry leaders, experts from science and policy, bipartisan government advocates and the investors that need to know how regulations will be implemented.

The Important Take-Aways:

  • Moving fusion regulations away from current      fission requirements

  • Further development of public/private partnerships

  • Developing the framework for regulation

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Fusion Energy Regulation

"Putting it in Writing"

By Tony Gerillo - EIC FENi

As the only news outlet in attendance at the Fusion Industry Association’s 1st annual policy meeting, it turns out to be a responsibility not to be taken lightly.  Unpacking the day’s full agenda deserves a deep look into what the industry has achieved and what the next steps in regulation will be.

 

It is clear that fusion energy is inherently safe, and that regulation will become a matter of getting the wording right so that society can move past the nomenclature of nuclear atomic energy having a negative impact on humans. Positive branding of fusion is difficult due to the negative history around nuclear fission, even though the only trait they share is in that “nuclear” appears in both names.

Where will fusion reactor regulations come from?

Continue Reading (3 min Article) Here

Commercial Fusion:

FENi's Top-5 Fusion Energy Producers

Targeting the Early 2030s

for providing commercial fusion energy

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Vancouver, BC Canada

Technology: Magnetized Target Fusion 

General Fusion and the UKAEA have agreed     to build a demo-plant in the UK. Expected        completion is late 2025. 

(Brief Read Here)

General Fusion, Bruce Power & The Canadain Nuclear Innovation Institute have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on accelerating delivery of clean fusion power in Canada.

(Brief Read Here)

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Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

on Fire, Risk of

Radiation Spreading to Europe

By REUTERS AND MICHAEL STARR AND JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Some 24,700 acres of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone were on fire on Sunday. Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Lyudmyla Denisova said that these fires could potentially spread radionuclides to Belarus and the rest of Europe, spreading the radiation.

Ukraine - Russian War - March 27th 2022

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US Senator Manchin visits ITER

"TODAY I SAW THE POSSIBILITY OF WORLD PEACE"

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General Atomics Names Dr. Wayne Solomon as Vice President for

Magnetic Fusion Energy Division

Dr. Solomon joined GA in 2016 as Deputy Director for the DIII-D National Fusion Facility. Most recently, he held the role of Director of Science & Technology and Deputy Director for MFE, where he helped develop a long-range strategy for the Division and oversaw innovative science, research, and technology development programs within the Energy Group.

Commercial Fusion - March 18th 2022

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Tokamak Energy moves closer to commercial fusion: 100M degree plasma a world record for a spherical tokamak

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Commercial Fusion - March 10th 2022

FUSION ENERGY FUTURE
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Experts Answer Tough Questions

INTERVIEWS: 

Tim Luce - ITER, Head of Science and Operations

Tammy Ma - LLNL-NIF, Deputy Dir - Program Lead

Andrew Holland - Fusion Industry Association, CEO

Additional Questions From:

Derek Sutherland - CT Fusion, CEO

Jane Hotchkiss - Energy for the Common Good,    President & Co-founder

Shutaro Takeda - Kyoto Fusioneering, Chief Stratigist 

Research - March 2nd 2022

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Cambridge, MA USA

Technology: Magnetic Confinement Fusion 

CFS & MIT's Plasma Science & Fusion Center prove that fusion power scaled High Temperature, Superconducting Magnets (HTS) can provide the 20-Tesla magnetic power to support commercial fusion.  (Press Release Here)

CFS Led by Tiger Global Management achieved $1.8 Billion in Series-B funding to commercialize fusion energy. 

(Press Release Here)

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Foothill Ranch, CA USA

Technology: Linear (FRC) Field Reverse      Configuration using Boron-11 Fuel 

TEA teams-up with Google A.I. applying software that can improve on its own, TAE Technologies has cut down tasks that once took two months to just a few hours.  

(Full BBC Article Here)

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Everett, WA USA

Technology: Plasma Accelerator Linear (FRC) Field Reverse Configuration

using He-3 Fuel 

Helion Energy Breaks Ground on Fusion Facility Helion’s fusion power plant will provide flexible, scalable, baseload power that is affordable, providing the world a new path to full decarbonization of electricity generation. (Full Businesswire Article Here)

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Milton Park, Oxfordshire UK

Technology: Spherical Tokamak Magnetic Confinement Fusion

Tokamak Energy moves closer to commercial fusion: 100M degree plasma a world record for a spherical tokamak 

Tokamak Energy has demonstrated a world-first with its privately-funded ST40 spherical tokamak, achieving a plasma temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius, the threshold required for commercial fusion energy.

This is by far the highest temperature ever achieved in a spherical tokamak and by any privately funded tokamak  (Brief Read Here)

Breakthrough in Efficient Powering of HTS Magnets Tokamak Energy has developed a novel power converter inside a vacuum cryostat. Successful tests demonstrated a 50% reduction in the heat load from the current leads. (Brief Read Here)

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St. Paul Les Durance, France

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Abingdon, Oxfordshire  UK

Technology: Spherical Tokamak Magnetic Confinement Fusion

STEP - Spherical Tokamak for energy production  (5) Five locations on the "shortlist" are in the final stages of evaluation as the STEP programme gets ready to choose the site for their first fusion energy power plant (Details at UK.gov Here) 

PPPL Magnet Technolocy

Innovative new magnet could facilitate development of fusion and medical devices

In this new type of magnet, metal acts as insulation and therefore would not be damaged by particles. In addition, it would operate at higher temperatures than current superconducting electromagnets do, making it easier to maintain.    PPPL Raphael Rosen 

Full Article Here

Research - March 3rd 2022

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Russian Shelling Destroys Ukraine Atomic Lab Built With U.S.

“We cannot go on like this,” said Grossi, noting that the facility was built in collaboration with U.S. Argonne National Laboratory located outside Chicago. 

The Argentine diplomat said he’s ready to meet with Ukrainian and Russian officials at a location of their choice to ensure the safety of atomic sites as the war escalates.

Bloomberg Canada Brief Article Here

Ukraine - Russian War - March 8th 2022

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Abingdon, Oxfordshire  UK

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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)

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LLNL, Livermore, CA  USA

Technology: Laser Inertial Confinement

A Fusion Reaction Has Generated More Energy Than Absorbed by The Fuel The National Ignition Facility put researchers at the threshold of fusion ignition, achieving a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules

(Details at LLNL - NIF Here)

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