President’s Budget Requests Over $1 billion for Fusion Energy Funding

President’s Budget Requests Over $1 billion for Fusion Energy Funding

On Thursday, March 9, the White House released their budget request for the 2024 fiscal year, set to begin in October. Within the budget is record funding of over $1 billion for fusion energy research in the Department of Energy Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. The FIA is pleased that the Biden Administration has recognized…

Amid renewed interest in nuclear fusion, Japan’s research reaches critical stage

Amid renewed interest in nuclear fusion, Japan’s research reaches critical stage

NAKA, IBARAKI PREF. – Scientist Shunsuke Ide points to the large screen in the control room of the JT-60SA, a giant device for nuclear fusion experiments in a rural municipality northeast of Tokyo that is preparing for its first run. A demonstration video shows how the plasma crucial to the process is generated.