Fusion Program Notes - 2024

FPN Date Title
24-53 November 16 American Institute of Physics Issues Science Policy Forecast
24-52 November 4 New Company to Manage UK Step Program
24-51 October 8 UCSD Launches New Fusion Engineering Institute
24-50 October 3 U.S. Fusion Physicist William Dorland Passes at Age 58
24-49 September 30 Famed Science Project Manager Robert Aymar Passes, Age 88
24-48 September 23 Virtual FESAC meeting: September 30, 2024
24-47 September 18 Special Issue on Private Fusion Research Opportunities
24-46 September 16 Fusion Status and Commercialization
24-45 September 11 German Stellarator Restarts
24-44 August 8 NASEM Study on High-Magnetic-Field S&T
24-43 August 12 Press Release from General Atomics
24-42 August 9 Commentary on the New ITER Schedule
24-41 August 8 Essay from MiT on Fusion Plant Materials
24-40 August 5 FPA 2024 Excellence in Fusion Engineering Awards Announced
24-39 August 2 Conference on AI-Informed Plasma Physics
24-38 July 31 2024 US-Japan FRC workshop; call for registration
24-37 July 29 Report from Kyoto Fusioneering
24-36 July 23 Fusion Pioneer Masanori Murikami Passes, Age 84
24-35 July 23 US Fusion Office Seeks Director for New Division
24-34 July 16 US House of Representatives Passes FY 2025 Appropriations Bill
24-33 July 15 Troy Carter Named Director of ORNL Fusion Energy Division
24-32 July 7 FPA 2024 Distinguished Career Awards
24-31 June 27 FPA 2024 Leadership Awards to Chapman and Haefner
24-30 June 25 FPA 45th Annual Meeting Set for December 2-3 in DC
24-29 June 6 Special Award for Science Journalism to David Kramer
24-28 June 6 U.S.DOE Announces New Decadal Fusion Energy Strategy
24-27 May 30 Suggestions Solicited on Major Changes to DIII-D
24-26 May 29 Fusion Fuel Cycles Partnership Formed
24-25 May 20 U.S. FY 2025 Budget Progress
24-24 May 15 Upgraded DIII-D National Fusion Facility to Begin Operations
24-23 May 9 AI Used to Control Fusion Plasma Instabilities
24-22 May 9 Heating Source for ITER Advances in Germany
24-21 May 5 Nuno Loureiro Named Director of MIT PSFC
24-20 May 7 New Fusion Technology Facility Nearing Completion in China
24-19 April 13 Fusion: Is Commercialization in Sight?
24-18 April 4 Korean Tokamak Extends Sustainment Record
24-17 April 2 Pulsed Power Public/Private Partnership Opportunity
24-16 March 21 Is Fusion Commercialization in Sight?
24-15 March 19 U.S. Fusion Budgets
24-14 March 6 Contract for ITER Vacuum Vessel Assembly Let
24-13 March 4 IEEE/NPSS Fusion Technology Award nominations solicited
24-12 February 28 Type One Energy Announces Plans for Stellarator in Oak Ridge, TN
24-11 February 22 Fusion and AI
24-10 February 20 Summary of DOE Current Fusion Policy
24-09 February 06 Award Nominations Sought
24-08 January 31 Press Release from General Atomics
24-07 January 24 Presentations from FPA December 2023 Annual Meeting Posted
24-06 January 15 A Word to the Wise
24-05 January 12 KSTAR Operating with New Divertor
24-04 January 11 Funding Opportunity for Basic Plasma Science and Engineering
24-03 January 10 Fusion Papers Wanted for Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference
24-02 January 5 Joint European Tokamak (JET) Shuts Down
24-01 January 2 China Mobilizes to Develop Fusion