Fusion News

FYI - Fusion News/Alerts 11 Feb 2026

FYI - Fusion News/Alerts 

Shielding Mortar - High hydrogen + low density = top protection

https://www.iter.org/node/20687/high-hydrogen-low-density-top-protection 

[Latest ITER Newsline: https://www.iter.org/whatsnew/487]

F4E and Gauss Fusion sign collaboration agreement

https://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/news/f4e-and-gauss-fusion-sign-collaboration-agreement/ 

LLNL offers tools to model the economics of inertial fusion power plants

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7735/llnl-offers-tools-to-model-the-economics-of-inertial-fusion-power-plants/ 

ORNL and Kyoto Fusioneering partner to build critical fusion infrastructure

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1114611 

TVA advances fusion project

https://www.neimagazine.com/news/tva-advances-fusion-project/ 

UCLA Samueli Part of University of California’s $8 Million Fusion Energy Initiative

https://samueli.ucla.edu/ucla-samueli-part-of-university-of-californias-8-million-fusion-energy-initiative/ 

From the Manhattan Project to Fusion: The History of DOE’s National Labs

https://www.powermag.com/from-the-manhattan-project-to-fusion-the-history-of-does-national-labs/ 

Fusion simplification demonstrated by Pacific Fusion and Sandia

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7739/fusion-simplification-demonstrated-by-pacific-fusion-and-sandia/ 

Growth beyond megawatts

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7701/growth-beyond-megawatts/ 

The POWER Interview: Thea Energy’s Fusion Architecture

https://www.powermag.com/the-power-interview-thea-energys-fusion-architecture/ 

Avalanche Energy Raises $29 Million to Develop Desk-sized Fusion Energy Devices 

https://www.esgtoday.com/avalanche-energy-raises-29-million-to-develop-desk-sized-fusion-energy-devices/ 

When Lasers Cross: LLNL Finds a Brighter Way to Measure Plasma

https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/when-lasers-cross-llnl-finds-brighter-way-measure-plasma 

Oak Ridge completes demolition of Alpha-2 enrichment facility

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7719/oak-ridge-completes-demolition-of-alpha2-enrichment-facility/ 

Harnessing sulfur hexafluoride for clearer and more efficient plasma etching

https://www.aip.org/scilights/harnessing-sulfur-hexafluoride-for-clearer-and-more-efficient-plasma-etching 

Extreme plasma acceleration in monster shocks offers new explanation for fast radio bursts

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-extreme-plasma-monster-explanation-fast.html 

Particle-in-cell study of electron beam propagation through ionospheric plasma

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1115753 

Lab Physicist Wins Sylvie Jacquemot Early Career Prize

https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/lab-physicist-wins-sylvie-jacquemot-early-career-prize 

NWF targets CCS and hydrogen in ‘cleaner, greener’ investment plan

https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/news/nwf-targets-ccs-and-hydrogen-in-cleaner-greener-investment-plan/ 

Copenhagen Atomics reaches pump testing milestone

https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/copenhagen-atomics-reaches-pump-testing-milestone 

Extraterrestrial strategy: How the US could achieve energy dominance in space

https://inl.gov/feature-story/extraterrestrial-strategy-how-the-us-could-achieve-energy-dominance-in-space/ 

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IEA report describes nuclear growth and need for grid flexibility

https://www.ans.org/news/article-7744/iea-report-describes-nuclear-growth-and-need-for-grid-flexibility/ 

Podcast: What should be the target time to build a nuclear plant?

https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/podcast-what-should-be-the-target-time-to-build-a-nuclear-plant