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Milestones Pacific Fusion · Mar 4, 2026
Pacific Fusion announced the launch of its Users Program, offering external researchers access to its Demonstration System, a fusion facility designed to achieve net energy gain by 2030 and capable of producing intense energy bursts for research and applications.
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Research EX-Fusion · Feb 26, 2026
EX-Fusion announced the start of a project to develop an inertial nuclear fusion module using a blue-violet semiconductor laser, led by founder and director Yoshitaka Mori, as part of Japan's Moonshot Goal 10 initiative.
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Research Startorus Fusion · Feb 25, 2026
STARTORUS FUSION completed a major upgrade of Tsinghua University's SUNIST device within three months as a turnkey project, redesigning and standardizing key subsystems to enhance research capabilities.
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Milestones Helion Energy · Feb 13, 2026
Helion's Polaris device achieved measurable D-T fusion, reaching plasma temperatures of 150 million degrees Celsius and producing neutron signals ten times higher than D-D fusion, confirming successful D-T fusion operation.
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Partnerships Type One Energy · Feb 11, 2026
Type One Energy announced progress toward commercial fusion energy, including publishing the first comprehensive physics basis for a stellarator fusion power plant, testing a 77K magnet at MIT, and partnering with the Tennessee Valley Authority to deploy America's first commercial stellarator fusion plant.
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Partnerships Oxford Sigma · Feb 9, 2026
Oxford Sigma has launched two new research projects, STUBBI and SHyELD, funded by UKAEA and other partners, to develop high-performance fusion shielding materials using tungsten and metal hydrides. The projects aim to create scalable prototypes and validate their performance under fusion conditions.
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Milestones Pacific Fusion · Feb 5, 2026
Pacific Fusion demonstrated that their new target design for pulser-driven inertial confinement fusion can generate magnetic fields internally, eliminating the need for external magnetic coils, which simplifies the system and reduces costs.
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Partnerships Oxford Sigma · Feb 2, 2026
Oxford Sigma, in collaboration with STEP Fusion, Rockwood Cryogenics, and Atled Engineering, demonstrated a new quench protection concept for superconducting magnets at the University of Strathclyde, which is a key development for the UK's STEP fusion program aiming to deliver a prototype fusion powerplant by 2040.
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Milestones Type One Energy · Jan 29, 2026
Type One Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority submitted an initial license application for Tennessee's first commercial fusion project at the Bull Run site, with the first phase scheduled for commissioning in 2029.
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Milestones Commonwealth Fusion Systems · Jan 12, 2026
Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced that Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, has joined its board of directors as an independent member. Bancel is an early investor in CFS and has experience leading rapid development efforts in the biotech industry.
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Partnerships Commonwealth Fusion Systems · Jan 6, 2026
Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced collaborations with NVIDIA and Siemens to develop a digital twin of its SPARC fusion machine, using AI and data to accelerate the development of commercial fusion energy.
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Partnerships Tokamak Energy · Dec 19, 2025
Tokamak Energy's ST40 device achieved new performance records in plasma current, stored energy, and fusion triple product in 2025, and is preparing for an upgrade in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
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Milestones Commonwealth Fusion Systems · Dec 18, 2025
Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced its participation in CES, highlighting the progress of commercial fusion energy and showcasing its machine, SPARC, which aims to demonstrate net energy generation using magnetic fields.
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Milestones Tokamak Energy · Dec 11, 2025
Tokamak Energy received the Institute of Physics Business Innovation Award in 2025 for its development of high-temperature superconducting technology, which is important for commercial fusion energy and other applications.
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Policy VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland · Oct 20, 2025
A study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland shows that Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden meet the technical requirements to host a fusion reactor, with Finland being the most prepared in regulatory terms, as Novatron Fusion Group plans to build a pilot fusion reactor in the Nordics during the 2030s.
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Policy Novatron Fusion Group · Oct 20, 2025
A study by VTT Finnish Research Centre shows that Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden meet the requirements to host a pilot fusion reactor, with Finland being the most prepared in regulatory terms. The most promising locations are in existing industrial zones near research hubs in the Nordic region.
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Funding EX-Fusion · Oct 14, 2025
EX-Fusion announced it raised 400 million yen in a Series A extension round, bringing its total funding to 6 billion yen, to support its research and development of laser nuclear fusion technology.
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People LINEA Innovations · Oct 6, 2025
LINEAイノベーション appointed former SmartHR CFO Tamaki as its new CFO in October 2025 to strengthen its financial strategy and accelerate the commercialization of its nuclear fusion energy technology.
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Milestones Commonwealth Fusion Systems · Sep 30, 2025
The US Department of Energy validated the performance of Commonwealth Fusion Systems' full-scale toroidal field magnet after successful testing, and awarded the company $8 million from its Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program.
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Milestones Pacific Fusion · Sep 26, 2025
Pacific Fusion announced the expansion of its research and manufacturing operations to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where it will build a Demonstration System aimed at achieving net facility gain in fusion energy by 2030.