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This Week’s Fusion News: November 14, 2025
This week’s fusion energy developments highlight critical advances in materials testing, plasma diagnostics, and strategic positioning. UC San Diego’s upgraded PISCES facility now enables simultaneous plasma and ion exposure testing with a new $15 million DOE-funded accelerator. Japanese researchers achieved breakthrough 2-3x improvements in plasma measurement precision using innovative electrostatic lens techniques. Meanwhile, a new UK report warns Britain risks losing the fusion race to the US and China without diversifying its technology portfolio beyond magnetic confinement. Plus: Princeton delivers critical diagnostic equipment to the world’s largest fusion reactor, and California invests $8 million to solve fusion engineering challenges.
Interview with Brian Berzin of Thea Energy
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory spinout Thea Energy is taking a fundamentally different approach to stellarator fusion by using planar arrays of magnets controlled by software algorithms instead of complex magnet rings. CEO Brian Berzin explains how this “software-defined” magnetic confinement system relaxes engineering tolerances and enables mass manufacturing of fusion power plants. With $20M in Series A funding from investors including Hitachi, Thea plans to demonstrate Q=1 performance with its Eos system by 2030, followed by the Helios commercial plant targeting 2035 grid connection. Berzin also discusses the intensifying global competition in fusion commercialization and why stronger US government support is critical as China, Germany, and other nations ramp up their programs.
Highlights from NVIDIA GTC 2025, Washington D.C
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This Week’s Fusion News: October 31, 2025
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Helical Fusion Announces High-Temperature Superconductor Breakthrough
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Fusion Energy Goes Commercial: The First Electricity Deals
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Top Fusion Companies by Funding – October 2025
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Fusion Energy’s Funding So Far in 2025
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Highlights from the Transmission and Distribution Live 2025 Conference
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Speaking of the Grid, What About Transformers?
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