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Welders for ITER Tokamak Face Component Assembly Challenges 

August 4, 2026 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Welders for ITER Tokamak Face Component Assembly Challenges 

Making a custom magnetic assembly often calls for an orchestration of intricate design engineering and skillful fabrication. Perhaps that is truer nowhere than at ITER in France where engineers and technicians are wrestling with the demands of building a massive magnetic tokomak for the purpose of generating fusion energy. They are developing welding procedures for crafting first-of-a-kind components and devising strategies for welding in the confined spaces of a revolutionary creation, helping to define the techniques and standards that may shape fusion projects for decades to come.  […]

Electromagnetics

Big Magnets & Big Money Power High-Stakes Race to Commercialize Fusion Energy 

December 2, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Big Magnets & Big Money Power High-Stakes Race to Commercialize Fusion Energy 

Big magnets and big money are at the core of a high stakes race to commercialize fusion energy, aiming ultimately to transform the world’s energy supply with the immense power of zero-carbon fusion. This article highlights the progress of two pioneering companies located only a two-hour drive apart — General Fusion in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada and Helion in Everett, Washington in the U.S. The technologies of both companies rely on powerful electromagnets, eschewing the use of more expensive and complex superconducting magnets typically used in tokamaks. […]

Electromagnetics

Tokamak Energy Records Fusion Power Magnet Breakthrough – Amidst Rapid Scale Up to Commercialize HTS Magnet Technology Business 

November 19, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Tokamak Energy Records Fusion Power Magnet Breakthrough – Amidst Rapid Scale Up to Commercialize HTS Magnet Technology Business 

November 19, 2025- Tokamak Energy announces breakthrough results on the path to clean, limitless energy after replicating fusion power plant fields for the first time in its world-leading magnet system. Tokamak Energy’s Demo4, a complete […]

e-Power Technology

D-Pace Steps Out from Buckley Systems, Applies Its Technology to Fusion and Accelerator Markets 

August 26, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on D-Pace Steps Out from Buckley Systems, Applies Its Technology to Fusion and Accelerator Markets 

Supporting breakthrough developments in fusion technology and nuclear particle acceleration, D-Pace is stepping out as an independent Canadian-owned firm at a new pace from its headquarters in the city of Nelson in southcentral British Columbia. Recent developments include: […]

Electromagnetics

New Stellarator Design Points the Way for Future Fusion Power Plants 

April 23, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on New Stellarator Design Points the Way for Future Fusion Power Plants 

Using a new approach, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald, Germany have developed a stellarator design that fulfils all the basic physics requirements for a viable fusion power plant. Inside the complex magnetic coils of a stellarator, the new design limits toroidal current in the plasma. […]