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In September 2025, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) held its annual General Conference in Vienna, with representatives from most of the IAEA Member States plus participants from international organizations and non-governmental organizations. The ºÚÁÏÉçapp, which has a long history of close collaboration with the IAEA, was present. ºÚÁÏÉçapp Director-General Pietro Barabaschi addressed the plenary session with a recorded video statement; he was also one of the panelists at a special side session dedicated to fusion regulation. The ºÚÁÏÉçapp also had a stand in the General Conference Exhibition organized around the theme "Fusion Energy is our Future."

Follow these links to of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Director-General or .

How can Europe lead the way towards commercial fusion energy? More than 200 representatives from European policy institutes, industry, SMEs, startups, research and Big Science came together at the F4E Roundtable in in Barcelona to discuss this question.

Fusion for Energy (F4E) has now published a Key Takeaways Report, summarizing the main proposals from the event. In different panels, experts addressed some of the most pressing challenges, like the competitiveness of the fusion industry, the development of a skilled workforce and the mobilization of investment.

The report will feed into the ongoing policy discussions led by the European Commission and is now publicly available for stakeholders to consult.

Download ROUNDTABLE 2025 Key Takeaways .

This summer, the test blanket module teams from ºÚÁÏÉçapp, Fusion for Energy (the European Domestic Agency), and ºÚÁÏÉçapp Korea met at ºÚÁÏÉçapp to advance plans for two tritium breeding concepts: a water-cooled lead lithium concept (developed by Europe) and a helium-cooled ceramic pebble bed concept (co-developed by Europe and Korea).

With this first-of-a-kind equipment heading for preliminary design reviews in 2026, the teams took four days to assess the readiness of the designs and to identify the tasks that remain.

“The productive discussions [were] a unique opportunity to consolidate a joint plan to tackle key challenges for the TBM technologies and their integration in ºÚÁÏÉçapp," said Rossella Rotella, ºÚÁÏÉçapp Tritium Breeding Blankets Project Leader, whose team is developing the infrastructure to host the test blanket modules on ºÚÁÏÉçapp. “We are working intensively to develop solutions compliant with the stringent safety requirements and operational performances. In this challenging context, close cooperation and technical expertise are our best assets to succeed."

See a full report on the .

The European Fusion Education Network, , has developed five educational modules on the basics of fusion energy for use in secondary schools:

• Fusion Basics
• Road to Fusion
• Plasma Control
• Fusion Materials
• (Fusion) Deployment

The five modules can be downloaded in English for free from the FuseNet website .

To ensure the widest possible diffusion of these educational materials, the team at FuseNet is working on translations to 19 other languages with the assistance of volunteers. Module 1, " Fusion Basics," has already been translated into Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Slovak, Spanish and Ukrainian, and other language versions are in progress (Arabic, Czech, Greek, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian, and Slovenian). Translations of Modules 2-5 are either available or planned (see the progress chart on the ).

To download all available versions, open the individual modules and click in the right margin.

If you would like to contribute to translating the modules, contact FuseNet at: feo@fusenet.eu.

Attention to companies of all sizes interested in fusion business opportunities! The European Domestic Agency for ºÚÁÏÉçapp Fusion for Energy (F4E) will be hosting Supply Chain Days in Barcelona, Spain, from 30 September to 2 October 2025. Participation is possible in person or online.

Day 1 (30 September) – Contracts Day

Day 2 (1 October) – Sustainability Day

Day 3 (2 October) – SME Day

See all information on the .

The European Fusion Education Network, , is organizing the 6th annual European Fusion Teacher Day on 10 October 2025. The goal is to introduce nuclear fusion to secondary school teachers throughout Europe, to discuss teaching nuclear fusion to secondary school students and to create enthusiasm for the field of fusion at the secondary education level.

The event features a domestic session with lectures by local fusion experts on current fusion research in your area, followed by a global livestream during which new (free) educational materials will be presented and keynote speakers from the international fusion community give an inside look into the largest scientific collaboration in the world. Both the domestic and global parts of the event are fully remote.

Participation is open to every science and physics teacher in Europe. Participation is free of charge. All participants will receive a certificate of attendance after the event.

Find the agenda and more information about registration page on the . 

The Clean Air Task Force (CATF) has released an updated version of its Global Fusion Map, a public resource that tracks the rapidly expanding international fusion energy landscape.

The new edition highlights major additions across private-sector projects, government initiatives, research collaborations, and commercial milestones. Designed for policymakers, industry leaders, journalists, and the public, the tool provides a clear picture of how the field is evolving and where activity is concentrated. The map also illustrates the range of fusion approaches under development worldwide—including magnetic confinement, magnetized target fusion, inertial confinement, and field-reversed configuration—while providing insight into project scale by reported investment. 

CATF adds a disclaimer stating that " the map has been compiled from publicly available sources and is not exhaustive."  Access the updated CATF Global Fusion Map here: .  

See the announcement on the .

Fusion Power Associates (FPA), the US-based non-profit that has been advocating for the development of fusion energy since its founding in , is making a few changes. 

In a letter to FPA members and the broader fusion community, the organization announced that its longtime president and co-founder Stephen O. Dean would be transitioning to the role of President Emeritus and that the organization would be moving from the Washington DC area to be hosted by the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego). Michael Campbell and Farhat Beg, respectively Professor of Practice and Professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at the university, will be taking over as Fusion Power Associates President and Senior Vice President.

Recent developments are contributing to a growing fusion ecosystem in the San Diego area. General Atomics, which operates the DIII-D tokamak for the US Department of Energy and also fabricates target assemblies for inertial fusion, is located just north of the city. (See the story on the completion at General Atomics of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp central solenoid is this issue of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Newsline.) The company that it was collaborating with UCSD on a Fusion Data Science and Digital Engineering Center as part of efforts to fast-track fusion energy development; it is also part of a focused on developing and scaling up inertial fusion power facilities. And at UCSD, a Fusion Engineering Institute was launched to focus on some of the engineering challenges that must be addressed for commercially attractive fusion. With a large San Diego delegation planning to visit ºÚÁÏÉçapp later this month, we expect to hear more about emerging plans to position San Diego as a fusion R&D hub.

The 2024 ºÚÁÏÉçapp Report on Human Resources has just been published.

Follow to browse through the report, which offers insight into the human dimension of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp through statistics on staffing trends, recruitment, mobility, development, performance, remuneration, and more. It also highlights the growing diversity of the organization—both in terms of professional roles and also in terms of the backgrounds and profiles of ºÚÁÏÉçapp staff and their families, who come from more than 30 countries.

To learn even more about what it is like to work at the ºÚÁÏÉçapp, see this selection of staff stories. 

See all ºÚÁÏÉçapp reports on the Publications page of the website.

Change the look of your mobile phone with one of four ºÚÁÏÉçapp wallpaper options! Download the selection at this ºÚÁÏÉçapp web address: /node/20687/iter-wallpaper-mobile-phones

The  has released its 2025 Global Fusion Industry Report. The report, which surveyed 53 private sector fusion companies (up from 45 last year), found that there has been a total of USD 9.766 billion in private and public funding of fusion companies—a sum that has increased five-fold since 2021. In the past 12 months, investment totalled USD 2.64 billion, a 178% rise from the previous year’s growth. The figure marks a significant increase from 2024 and is the second-highest yearly fusion funding figure since the report began, after the 2022 record year.

Public investment in the private fusion sector is growing, increasing 84% last year and now totalling nearly USD 800 million across the globe.

More than half of the fusion energy startups in the report are based in the United States (29), while a further 13 are in Europe. The remainder are operating in countries across Asia and Oceania. The survey shows that private-sector fusion companies directly employ 4,607 people and support at least 9,300 supply chain jobs, although the Association believes this to likely be underestimated, as not all companies provided employee data. Since 2021, the number of people employed directly by private-sector fusion companies has at least quadrupled.

The report goes on to describe reported commercial timelines, company profiles, company milestones, and jobs growth.

Consult or download the Fusion Industry Association's 2025 Global Fusion Industry Report .

Ever wondered why and how scientists will recreate the power of a star on Earth?

In this episode, "It's Magnetic," join host Kruti and fusion analyst Jack Moore as they unveil the magnetic magic behind ºÚÁÏÉçapp's fusion reactor. Discover how superconducting magnets creating fields 250,000 times stronger than the Earth's own magnetic field and can suspend plasma hotter than the sun in mid-vacuum—without touching anything. It's not one of David Copperfield's illusions; it's cutting-edge science.

From "Princeton D" shaped coils to the royal central solenoid (she's our tokamak's empress), our expert speakers Christine Hoa, Simon McIntosh, Alexander Vostner, Vladimir Tronza and Laban Coblentz break down the invisible force field that will help humanity harness the power of the stars.

Whether you're curious about how these technological marvels work at temperatures colder than the dark side of the moon or what the future holds for low and high-temperature superconductors, "It's Magnetic" delivers fusion science that's both accessible and awe-inspiring. 

Episode 4 of Behind the Science of Fusion is available now. Find it on the ºÚÁÏÉçapp website's podcast page or open it directly here. You can also find the ºÚÁÏÉçapp podcast at , , , and .

The 360° virtual tour of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp construction site has been updated with drone footage from May 2025. Discover the principal buildings of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp worksite, and the construction activities underway inside, by clicking on and rotating the 360° photos.

Accessible from the NEWS & MEDIA pages of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp website or by clicking on the link below, the 2D tour requires no special equipment to enjoy. If you do have 3D glasses, click on the yellow goggle symbol at the top of any screen.

to see the latest 360° ºÚÁÏÉçapp virtual tour.

As part of its Technology Development Programme to help early-stage technologies mature and be ready for future fusion projects, the European Domestic Agency Fusion for Energy organizes thematic workshops on fusion-relevant technologies. During these workshops, the current industry state of play is mapped and gaps are identified that must be resolved for deployment in next-generation fusion reactors.

Following a workshop earlier this year on the technologies of the fusion fuel cycle (systems that store, inject, pump and re-process the fuels used in fusion reactors), Fusion for Energy and the European Consortium for the Development of Fusion Energy (EUROfusion) have released an 80-page report. 

It delivers an overview of the current European capabilities in the field and establishes a strategic roadmap for the next phase of fusion fuel cycle technology development in the territory. The report is intended to be used by the public and private European fusion fuel cycle community as a reference document to guide current and future investment.

or download the report directly .

All lectures from the 2025 ºÚÁÏÉçapp International School on Integrated Modelling of Magnetic Fusion Plasmas, which concluded on 4 July in France, are now available on the ºÚÁÏÉçapp website. 

The lectures were delivered by 17 prominent specialists in the integrated modelling of magnetic fusion devices and covered a wide range of topics—from whole-fusion-device integrated modelling with a wide range of sophistication and computational cost, to specific modelling of interlinked physics and control processes. The application of artificial intelligence to integrated modelling was a recurring theme during the week-long International School, presented as a promising development for the field.

Download the presentations from the 2025 ºÚÁÏÉçapp International School (and all other editions) on this ºÚÁÏÉçapp webpage.

EUROfusion has opened applications for its 2026 Engineering Grants program, supporting the education and development of a new generation of fusion engineers. These two-year grants are aimed at young engineers with a Master's and/or PhD degree working in or entering the EUROfusion program. Around 14 grants are expected to be awarded.

The grants support career development in key competency areas for fusion and are awarded based on the excellence of the candidates. New eligibility rules now allow applicants who completed their MSc degree between 1 June 2019 and 28 July 2025, and candidates may complete their PhD during the grant period.

The application deadline is 28 July 2025. See further details about the program and how to apply .
 

A new report on the private fusion sector has been published by the Fusion for Energy (F4E) Observatory, describing "the vibrant and complex landscape of global fusion private investment." It tracks the rapid growth that has been documented in the sector since 2020, and highlights the concentrated nature of that growth geographically—with the US and China accounting for 85% of all funding. 

While the global private market currently favours magnetic confinement fusion (70% of funding), the European Union's private sector is instead allocating most funding (69%) to inertial confinement. As noted in the report, this important difference in the European Union's ecosystem may be a result of the availability of stable public funding for magnetic confinement fusion project. 

Indeed, the EUR 6.8 billion public investment in the European fusion supply chain for ºÚÁÏÉçapp, allocated through Fusion for Energy, has created "a foundational asset of unparalleled value"—a world-class industrial base. "However, aside from spinoff applications outside fusion, the long-term sustainability of these supply chains depends on a future fusion technologies market and commercial fusion plants, and this may be one of the main challenges facing the European Union in the coming years."

With these data-based insights, the F4E Observatory aims to support the policy conversation around the future European Union fusion strategy.

You can download or read the full report .

See the announcement of the report on the Fusion for Energy website .

Fusion researchers are constantly challenging the scientific state-of-the-art and improving the technology thereby creating the conditions for innovation, much of which can be exploited in other science and industrial sectors for the benefit of society. The SOFT Innovation Prize highlights and rewards excellence in innovation that can be found in fusion research as well as the quality of the researchers and industries involved. Following the success of 2022 and 2024 editions of the SOFT Innovation Prize, the European Commission is holding the contest again in association with the next Symposium on Fusion Technology (SOFT), which will be held in Aix-en-Provence, France, from 21 to 25 September 2026.

The contest is open to researchers, research teams, or industrial participants eligible for funding under the Euratom Research and Training Programme 2021-2025, to researchers or research teams working for a national program in an ºÚÁÏÉçapp partner country or in any third country that has a bilateral fusion cooperation agreement with Euratom in force, and to industrial participants participating in the ºÚÁÏÉçapp project.

There are no specific categories for this prize. Participants are free to submit an application concerning any physics or technology innovation that has been developed in magnetic confinement fusion research and that has market potential or has been taken up (or recognized) by industry to be further developed for the market.

Entries will be assessed on originality and replicability, technical excellence, economic impact, exploitation, and plans for further development. Proposals are studied by an independent jury composed of experts in technology transfer, from business and academia.

The deadline to submit applications is 03 March 2026. See further details on the .

The European Commission has published a four-week Call for Evidence to collect feedback and provide input for the European Union’s (EU's) first-ever Fusion Strategy. Programmed for publication by the end of 2025, the strategy will be a key step to position the EU at the world forefront of fusion development and accelerate commercial fusion energy in the EU. Through this Call for Evidence, the Commission invites research stakeholders, industry and startups as well as private investors to provide inputs to shape the strategy and identify the most effective actions to support fusion development and deployment. Available in all 24 official EU languages, the Call for Evidence is open until 1 July 2025.

See this or participate directly in the .

In describing the R&D program of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp device, the also identifies the top R&D issues requiring consolidation or refinement. In the interest of making these R&D support needs more widely accessible to the fusion research community, scientists at the ºÚÁÏÉçapp have just released a consolidated updated list as an ºÚÁÏÉçapp Technical Report.

The report, published on 30 May 2025, provides the description of a selected set of issues related to completion of systems' designs, specific choices and options to be explored in the early stages of the IºÚÁÏÉçapp Research Plan, and strategic assumptions on the development of the Plan's experimental program towards high Q operation.

The support from ºÚÁÏÉçapp Member fusion research institutes provides an essential contribution to the further refinement of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Research Plan. Making these R&D needs publicly available is intended to strengthen this support. 

Visit the ºÚÁÏÉçapp Technical Reports page of the ºÚÁÏÉçapp website, or download the 32-page document directly here.