Amanda Levete's firm AL_A has received planning permission for a prototype fusion power plant in Oxfordshire, UK, which is being developed with Canadian energy company General Fusion and the UKAEA.

The demonstration project – developed by General Fusion – will showcase the emerging technology, creating fusion conditions ...

With the latest approvals, General Fusion is set to begin construction in 2023 on its major test plant in the United Kingdom.

A prototype fusion power plant designed by a UK-based architectural and design firm has been approved by local regulators. The South Oxfordshire District Council’s planning committee on Jan. 11 ...

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and First Light Fusion have signed an agreement for a facility to house First Light’s Machine 4 at UKAEA’s Culham Campus in Oxfordshire. The announcement of the ...

No nuclear fusion power plant has yet been built that generates more energy than ... The council's green light for the scheme at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) Culham Campus south of Oxford ...

The UK ZETA Z-pinch fusion reactor in 1958. The first neutrons from nuclear fusion were detected in 1933 by staff members of Ernest Rutherfords’ at the University of Cambridge. This involved the ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Dec. 13 “the achievement of fusion ignition.” The milestone is a major ...

With more than a dozen companies working on different designs to trigger and control fusion reactions, researchers have also come up with innovative systems that can be used for in applications from ...

What exactly is nuclear fusion? Well, first of all, let's be clear about what ... scientists who have been drawn to this field in the UK, which has emerged as a significant hub of activity.