Manage episode 513752215 series 2838015
October 15, 2025
Jeff Peachman, PhD student at the University of Washington, gives this week's Fusion News update - summarizing behind the headlines of recent fusion energy news articles. Links to the stories discussed are included below.
1. Nuclear fusion, the 'holy grail' of power, was always 30 years away
-now it's a matter of when, not if, fusion comes online to power Al
https://fortune.com/2025/10/02/nuclear-fusion-online-commercial-ai-power/
2. Eni strikes more than $1 billion power deal with US fusion firm Commonwealth
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/eni-strikes-more-than-1-billion-power-deal-with-us-fusion-firm-commonwealth-2025-09-22/
3. New prediction model could improve the reliability of fusion power plants
https://news.mit.edu/2025/new-prediction-model-could-improve-reliability-fusion-power-plants-1007
Bonus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG3TxB-plT8
https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/cern-and-f4e-join-forces-to-advance-fusion-energy-development/61794/
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