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The Port of Corpus Christi in Texas has signed an agreement with the US Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration to explore the use of small modular reactors, microgrids, and advanced vessel propulsion systems. The port is also to collaborate with Core Power for a site-specific maritime nuclear readiness study.
 

Radiant's 1 MWe microreactor - which is designed to be transportable - is making the journey from California to the DOME test bed at Idaho National Laboratory on the back of a truck.
 

The Materials Detritiation Facility at the UK Atomic Energy Authority's Culham Campus, in Oxfordshire, UK, has resumed operation after being offline for a year for upgrades enabling research into materials which have been removed from the Joint European Torus facility.
 

A study by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers proposes a framework for understanding what is needed to make fusion energy commercially viable in the marketplace. The method considers the physical inputs needed to sustain controlled fusion energy production, as well as the cost of building power plants that can compete in energy markets.
 

The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's flagship fusion machine, MAST Upgrade, has completed its fifth round of experiments, during which it achieved the highest plasma pressure it has ever attained while overcoming plasma instability issues considered essential prerequisites for commercial fusion power.
 

The US Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has licensed a suite of cryogenic pellet fuelling technologies to fusion energy developer Type One Energy, advancing a critical capability for high-performance fusion plasma operations.
 

US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems announced it raised USD1 billion of additional equity financing - the single largest funding round among fusion energy companies worldwide since CFS announced its USD1.8 billion Series B round in 2021.
 

The sixth of nine tokamak sector modules has been installed in the ITER tokamak pit, almost six months ahead of schedule. The final sector is scheduled to be installed in about a year's time.
 

China's first megawatt-class helium turbine test facility, constructed by China National Nuclear Corporation subsidiary CNNC Huaxing, has successfully completed its hot power generation test.